find something by looking for something else

Take a great piece of utility like GPS navigation, add a new twist of accidental discovery and you get the genius that is Serendipitor http://www.serendipitor.net/ (Thanks Pop-Up City)

Serendipitor from mark shepard on Vimeo.

And, in case you’re kept awake with nightmares of data sniffers recording what sort of bread your web enabled toaster of the future is going to be serving you, it’s also well worth taking a look at the sentient city survival kit Serendipitor is part of http://survival.sentientcity.net/

Sentient City Survival Kit - Quick Start Guide from mark shepard on Vimeo.