Comments on: The Next Big Thing Is On Its Way But Still Not Here http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/07/03/the-next-big-thing-is-on-its-way-but-still-not-here/ Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/07/03/the-next-big-thing-is-on-its-way-but-still-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-4074 Jonathan Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:05:41 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/?p=951#comment-4074 I've recently launched a geocontent website, roadtrippr.com. The whole site is based on users sharing locations near them, finding things that people passing through would normally miss. I also have an iPhone optimized version of the website at iphone.roadtrippr.com I’ve recently launched a geocontent website, roadtrippr.com. The whole site is based on users sharing locations near them, finding things that people passing through would normally miss. I also have an iPhone optimized version of the website at iphone.roadtrippr.com

]]> By: Bob Caswell http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/07/03/the-next-big-thing-is-on-its-way-but-still-not-here/comment-page-1/#comment-4073 Bob Caswell Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:52 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/?p=951#comment-4073 It'll be interesting to see if geocontent will follow in the same footsteps as web 2.0 in terms of user contribution. I think of Digg/reddit/Wikipedia -- or practically anything with user-submitted content -- as examples and still am confused as to how exactly millions of people doing something for free came about. Will the same concept hold if geocontent takes off? Probably. But I still wonder why. It’ll be interesting to see if geocontent will follow in the same footsteps as web 2.0 in terms of user contribution. I think of Digg/reddit/Wikipedia — or practically anything with user-submitted content — as examples and still am confused as to how exactly millions of people doing something for free came about.

Will the same concept hold if geocontent takes off? Probably. But I still wonder why.

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