Self-Ethnography: Physical and Virtual Spaces
Anti-Mega is blogging through his moblie phone where he is physically located at all times. Recently he was on a boat to the Helsinki Zoo Cool!. A very interesting concept, but I am not sure I want people to know where I am at all time. Though it's not hard to guess where I am really. Mapping my daily travels would be revealing. I don't lead a super-star lifestyle. Though I am thinking that my ex-stalker-husband would find this very useful (like he needs it).
This is what he has to say about the experience and releasing his data:
"A bigger question is why publish this information in public. I must admit I'm not overly happy with giving everyone access to this data, but then again, this kind of service is the near-future that designers like myself have been preaching for years. It will cause privacy problems, it will cause social embarassment, it may change the way I live. Unless I try it myself, I will never know what unexpected consequences publishing this information will have. Self-ethnography is not scientifically valid, but I think it's one of the best ways of empathising with the problems new technology creates. If I won't use it, I shouldn't expect you to either."
From Anne.
posted by Netwoman @ 5:29 PM
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