Friday, March 18, 2011

Find your SO on the skyways?


Ctrl+Alt+Repeat from Architecture Minnesota on Vimeo.

A "product concept" that has to happen...social media app that lets you know someone who has read Freud but won't stalk you is coming down the TCF feeder into your zone, and you guys can duck into Dunn Bros with an introduction courtesy of  the cyber yenta. How you do on a first date chaperoned by the zillion speed walkers skywaying by is not affected by technology, dude.

When Britt Aamodt interviewed the skyway habitues for her KFAI documentary, one of the first questions she asked was about dating on the skyways.  It seemed possible, without the meat market ambiance of local bars, the group concurred. I am a senior citizen and happily married, but I couldn't do justice to the skyways without acknowledging the libidinous frisson that characterizes urban passage.  I acknowledge it, and amble on.

As I am typing this, "Bones" is on in the other room.  There was an episode a couple of years back that hinged on a smartphone app for locating other members of a dating service who were within a dozen yards or so of you.  The zeitgeist demands that this product get made, and helps a generation of iPad heatseekers and seekerettes find their SOs in the skyways.

See this video and 23 other Videotect skyway contest entries here.

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