Dodgeballing a social scene

Someone mentioned something in a way that I hadn’t yet conceived of. During our Metro ride to the Plaza, Sara Andrews mentioned that since she has a mobile phone, she hardly makes any concrete plans anymore because plans can just be made on the fly with mobile phones. And she’s right. This is not a new insight—it’s just that it was stated in a matter-of-fact way that betrays just how much of a social instrument a mobile phone has become.

Dodgeball, a social networking offering, plays right to this aspect of mobile telephony. It has many blue-sky potential, and these issues are addressed more in depth in my Social Capital blog.