links for 2009-08-23

"I like the idea of Twitter’s Geolocation API in theory and there’s no way to stop location services from developing, especially as they can be so useful in so many ways. It just seems that the way most people use Twitter is at odds with location sharing.
Still, people’s attitudes change over time – maybe in twenty years’ time we’ll all be constantly transmitting our locations as a matter of course and the idea of personal privacy will be dead forever. We’ve no way of knowing if that will happen but it will be an interesting ride finding out. "

Downstairs it is building an internet café/office where reporters and the public will mingle. “If the community is involved in our coverage, frankly, it will improve the quality of our coverage,” said Matt Kraner, president of the new venture. “They stay engaged. It’s critical to improving the overall coverage.”