Approximeeting

Posted: December 15th, 2006 | No Comments »

In the Economist article on the The phone of the future, Marty Cooper known as the “father of the cellphone” for his work in developing the first mobile phones at Motorola mentions the way mobile phones modified our approach to rendezvousing

But today the idea of “approximeeting”—arranging to meet someone without making firm plans about time or place, and then finalising details via mobile phone while out and about—is commonplace.

Relation to my thesis: Observing the new dynamic of rendezvousing and the balance between flexibility and uncertainty as highlighted in Effect of Location-Awareness on Rendezvous Behavior.