Here's an interesting new social networking service: Foursquare.
In this article on nytimes.com, it's described as "planned serendipity." It's a pretty cool concept - apparently a user would be able to sign into foursquare.com, and he'd be able to see that his buddy Frank was down at the coffee shop, and head down to meet him.
My first reaction was that I wouldn't necessarily want everybody to know exactly where I was at all times, but Frank could choose not to check in at the coffee shop if he didn't want to be interrupted. And he could manage his friends list so only certain people would know about his activities.
Pretty interesting to see how things are converging, though. Technology, mobile devices and social networks - changing the way we interact with each other out in the world.
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