ffutures: (Default)
ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2010-03-15 12:10 pm

Hmmm...

Just found myself in a situation where I couldn't remember the name of a shop but could remember roughly where it was. So rather than doing a web search on the type of shop, I used google maps street view to wander around where I thought I remembered the shop - and found it in about 20 seconds. It was probably FASTER than a normal search. In pre-computer days I would still be en route to the office to borrow their copy of Yellow Pages.

Maybe there are advantages to this internet stuff...
ggreig: (Crazy or smart?)

[personal profile] ggreig 2010-03-15 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe there are advantages to this internet

It'll never catch on.

[identity profile] pauldrye.livejournal.com 2010-03-15 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I go to strange (to me) companies once a month or so to teach. Since Google Maps expanded to Toronto, I've been "pre-visiting" them so I recognize where I'm going the first time I actually have to drive there....