Why Shizzow Doesn’t Automate Your Shouts

I’m a huge fan of xkcd, and today’s comic does a great job of illustrating why we designed Shizzow to require that you shout your location rather than automating the process.

Brady also has an interesting take on this issue over on the O’Reilly Radar blog.

“I am personally looking forward to these services becoming ubiquitous so that I can track my location and aspects of my life, but as they currently stand these services are not poised for mainstream adoption. They need to do more to prevent people from embarrassing or endangering themselves.”

Quoted from XKCD on the Future Self.

Remember to shout responsibly, people. There are some things that I just don’t want to know about you!