Came across this article on Augmented Reality - to people who are not familiar with this term, it refers to the millions of apps that people create for Iphone and Android, most of which are yet to be released. Out of the top 6 AR apps available, the first one is TwitAround - this lets you find fellow tweeters around you by just flipping your iphone. Sounds really cool. I don't understand -

do you *really* want to know who tweets around you? Maybe if you were a speaker in a conference and you want to know if the audience is listening or err tweeting ' in a conference. very bored'. .

Most of the apps i have seen so far are terribly cool. I mean it makes me go 'Wow' but if you get me an Iphone and ask me to use them, I will not. Primarily, i rarely tell the world what I do. (everyday). I mean, i find it amusing to tell my friends on a daily basis, what i do at the gym or what i had for lunch. Unless it is absolutely necessary to inform people about a certain change in your life/work or sharing a good article or video i find status updates quite silly. On the flip side, it is however addictive - to read what others are upto!! ;).

I have been travelling quite a bit over the last couple of months and each time to my amazement, as soon as the flight hits the runway people switch on their pda's/iphone/blah blah. and guess what - they login to update their status saying ' Flight sucked ' or ' In CA '. Whatever!. I find it pleasurable to travel with nothing but my 30$ you-can-only-make-calls-or-send-sms Nokia and its pitiable charger.