MoSoSo Cell Culture

While I was away this weekend in Atlanta, GA for the Passion Conference, I found it amusing that the part where people usually wave lighter’s or matches in the air during a slow song was replaced with people waving their cell phones in the air. Things have changed since cell phones have become a predominantly necessity in our culture. We use cell phones for everything and the While I was away this weekend in Atlanta, GA for the Passion Conference, I found it amusing that the part where people usually wave lighter’s or matches in the air during a slow song was replaced with people waving their cell phones in the air. Things have changed since cell phones have become a predominant necessity in our culture. We use cellphones for everything and the phenomenon of texting has impacted the way our culture predominately communicates. Here's a perfect example of what I'm saying:
Other than texting, the next biggest thing to change the cellphone culture is "MoSoSo" (Mobile Social Networking Software) as discussed by Gloria Goodale. The new consumer technology that combines cyber-social networks with GPS on cellphones, so you can be even more connected than you already are! They have created various MoSoSo software to appeal to consumers but for some reason it seems it has not caught on yet. Maybe it could do with what Goodale says:
Not only do they point to possible security issues with GPS running on a cellphone, but cultural observers worry about the growing preference of young users to stay plugged into a virtual network, often oblivious to the real world around them.
I have to admit that I'm somewhat interested in testing this out, but at the same time. Do I really want less security and to have people know where I am every second of the day? We already have a lack of privacy, even if we aren't celebrities. Is this going to far? Do we really need another tool to add to our phone to keep us consistently available and in demand? of texting has impacted the way our culture predominately communicates. Here's a perfect example of what I'm saying:


Other than texting, the next biggest thing to change the cell phone culture is "MoSoSo" (Mobile Social Networking Software) as discussed by Gloria Goodale. The new consumer technology that combines cyber-social networks with GPS on cellphones, so you can be even more connected than you already are! They have created various MoSoSo software to appeal to consumers but for some reason it seems it has not caught on yet. Maybe it could do with what Goodale says:

Not only do they point to possible security issues with GPS running on a
cell phone, but cultural observers worry about the growing preference of young
users to stay plugged into a virtual network, often oblivious to the real world
around them.

I have to admit that I'm somewhat interested in testing this out, but at the same time. Do I really want less security and to have people know where I am every second of the day? We already have a lack of privacy, even if we aren't celebrities. Is this going to far? Do we really need another tool to add to our phone to keep us consistently available and in demand?