Introductions

[kake]

Hello flaneurs! I thought we could start off this community by finding out a bit about each other and our interests. I don't have any fixed ideas about how I want the community to be used, and am happy to let it evolve in response to its members' desires.

So, if you feel so inclined, please leave a comment below! Here are some suggestions for you to copy/paste and fill in, but these are all optional — feel free to use just the ones you want to answer, or even to forget about them entirely and write something freeform.

<strong>My preferred name (if it's different from my username):</strong> <strong>My last urban ramble/adventure was:</strong> <strong>My next urban ramble/adventure will probably be:</strong> <strong>Favourite type(s) of urban environment:</strong> <strong>Favourite type(s) of constraint (for those who like putting constraints on their rambles):</strong> <strong>Cities/towns I've explored (and how):</strong> <strong>Cities/towns I want to explore (and why):</strong> <strong>Three things I tend to notice when I'm wandering through a city:</strong> <strong>Anything else relevant:</strong>

Comments

[jodi]

I like the idea of a better algorithm. There are similar things such as the Dot Walk, but that suffers from the same problem.. you may end up with a dull walk or finishing quickly.

I started looking at mobile apps that might provide an algorithm for me, after I tried using the Drift Deck (see my LJ entry on Drifting), such as Serendipitor. (See my entry on Applications for Exploration).

[kake]

Serendipitor looks good! (Shame it's only for iPhone — I have an Android phone.)

I like this passage in the proposal for a psychogeographical iPhone app that you link to: If wandering by chance, the GPS can record one's route without the walker needing to do so. Removing oneself from this process in the present creates a self more reactive to the environment than reflective on the passage.

I find that trying to remember where I'm walking, in order to report on or map it later, does make a difference to how I experience the wander. Though I'm not sure if GPS in a city is going to work well enough to be accurate, especially when you're going down little alleys and such.