on geospatial data & the case for human-sized tech + Jo Petroni inspires, Doodle Dispatches has a birthday, Aella lights up a new thought galaxy, & Gabrielle Zevin keeps me up all night
We're in the car on the ring outside Vienna. Alex's dad insisted we take his old TomTom and we didn't have enough mobile data for an online map to work, so we did. It kept repeating "Und jetzt links abbiegen" while we were yelling at the city ring exits, of which there were about 10 one right after the other. "Jetzt" could have meant any of those exits!
I feel motorways and streets in general have grown increasingly complicated now that they know we have GPS to assist us.
I mostly use my phone but I still miss the feel of a map in my hands -- even if I still carry the trauma of being yelled at too many times to count for not refolding it correctly. Also: when navigating in a car years ago, I irritated my (male) partners no end for rotating the map as we drove -- in my mind, I was following each turn which is what my phone does for me now, I guess.
I loved this one. I am so fascinated by the project you are working on although I remained alternately resigned and furious over how data is being used.
Happiest of happy birthdays to Judith! We love your art.
And what a fascinating essay here, as always. I am running out to (finally) get Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - tomorrow.
We're in the car on the ring outside Vienna. Alex's dad insisted we take his old TomTom and we didn't have enough mobile data for an online map to work, so we did. It kept repeating "Und jetzt links abbiegen" while we were yelling at the city ring exits, of which there were about 10 one right after the other. "Jetzt" could have meant any of those exits!
I feel motorways and streets in general have grown increasingly complicated now that they know we have GPS to assist us.
Happy birthday Judith!
I mostly use my phone but I still miss the feel of a map in my hands -- even if I still carry the trauma of being yelled at too many times to count for not refolding it correctly. Also: when navigating in a car years ago, I irritated my (male) partners no end for rotating the map as we drove -- in my mind, I was following each turn which is what my phone does for me now, I guess.
I loved this one. I am so fascinated by the project you are working on although I remained alternately resigned and furious over how data is being used.