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Saturday, June 26, 2004
In Smart Mobs, digital culture maven Howard Rheingold waxes rhapsodic about the ability to create whole new spontaneous communities using cell phones. Somehow I don't think this is what he was thinking of: Cellphones are chock-full of features like built-in cameras, personalized ring tones and text messaging. They also gave a real boost to Kenny Hall's effort to cheat on his girlfriend.
Mr. Hall, a 20-year-old college student in Denver, decided in March to spend a weekend in nearby Boulder with another woman. He turned to his cellphone for help, sending out a text message to hundreds of other cellphone users in an "alibi and excuse club," a network of 3,400 strangers who help each other skip work, get out of dates or give a loved one the slip.
posted by jeev |
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