Sunday, 28 December 2008

Bringing a Social Dimension to Airport Limbo

What do you call it when you retweet a tweet, except that you're not retweeting it, because you're writing it here in a big ol' blog, and you've also censored the rude work? I have no idea - so let's move swiftly on to the payload:

@adarshp: Got a tweet from @boarding_ looks like a bot that recognizes airport codes. Innovation is f***ing fast.

@boarding_ only has three followers as I write this, but it's early days. As the bot says:

Waiting for your flight? Tweet #boarding along with your airport code to find other Twitter users around

Now that sounds like a good way to hook up with people in the strange nowhere space of the airport. And it's bringing a real social dimension to an otherwise alienated environment.

Find out more from innovator Damien Guinet here.

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