Celebrations of place anchor free-floating Internet
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 21:21
in Mathematics & Economics
The Internet has fallen in love with place. From wildly popular Instagrammers like the photographer behind Humans of New York, to globe-trotters leaving digital travel notes on the story-sharing site Findery, to cloud-based services that help brands pitch themselves through location-based storytelling, the digital masses have discovered the thrill of writing about where they're at.