A new project Elimatta I’ve been working on, is what I’m calling location-blogging. It’s not really like a blog, but it’s the quickest way for me to describe the concept. It’s probably more akin to a tumblelog where anyone who is physically located in an area can post. This is how I describe the idea on the projects site.

“Elimatta can be most easily understood as a location based blog. The idea is that people should be able to communicate with others in a shared location, in an adhoc fashion. The application centers around the concept of channels which are specific for a given geographic area, large or small. Channels permit postings, (similar to blog postings), by individuals located within the bounds of the channels geographic active region. Individuals outside the active region are only permitted to view the channel.”

The client application has been written for the Android OS and is currently available in an alpha release for interested persons to play with.

Google’s Android initiative shows much promise and from a technical perspective is very impressive. Commercially the project will have many mountains to climb before consumers can have a chance to access an open mobile computing ecosystem. I genuinely believe we are at the dawn of the next revolution in computing where mobile devices will play a significant part in connecting humans to life enhancing knowledge. So any attempt to bring us closer to that dream should be encouraged, even if organizations have vested interests in the commercialization of such technologies.