links for 2009-02-04

"But of course it's not a game. It's a rather functional thing designed to crowdsource the measurement of noise pollution. And given the limitations of the technology it's only approximate. But it feels like a sign of something important – showing how simple sensors + people + lots more people can measure important things and make you feel good about doing it."

"Robert Elms would have a field day. I use to love listening to his phone in show, which was really, all about ‘noticing’ between the music. Maxwell Hutchinson’s roving reports, taxi drivers, lovers of mother london and it’s tapestry of histroy and trivia all contributed to a wonderful shaggy-dog style story that would assemble about a place or a custom or a thing every morning. Perhaps the BBC and it’s new controller of archives will start investing in geolcated bionic noticing and storytelling?" Don't know how I missed this last year, but it's brilliant.