Sticky Shadows

Cool application underway by Socialight. Sticky Shadows are digital post-it notes for urban areas. I like the idea of neighborhood narratives. From their website: "How's it Used? -- I leave a note for all my friends at the mall to let them know where I'm hanging out. All my friends in the area see it. -- A woman shows all her close friends the tree under which she had her first kiss. -- An entire neighborhood gets together and documents all the unwanted litter they find in an effort to share ownership of a community problem.

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December 23, 2005, 2:43 PM PST

By Scott Page


Cool application underway by Socialight. Sticky Shadows are digital post-it notes for urban areas. I like the idea of neighborhood narratives.



From their website:

"How's it Used?

-- I leave a note for all my friends at the mall to let them know where I'm hanging out. All my friends in the area see it.

-- A woman shows all her close friends the tree under which she had her first kiss.

-- An entire neighborhood gets together and documents all the unwanted litter they find in an effort to share ownership of a community problem.

-- A food-lover uses Socialight to share her thoughts on the amazing vanilla milkshakes at a new shop.

-- The neighborhood historian creates her own walking tour for others to follow.

-- A group of friends create their own scavenger hunt.

-- A tourist takes place-based notes about stores in a shopping district, only for himself, for a time when he returns to the same city.

-- A small business places StickyShadows that its customers would be interested in finding.

-- A band promotes an upcoming show by leaving a StickyShadow outside the venue."





Scott Page

Scott Page is an urban designer and planner with degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Georgia Tech. His experience in neighborhood design, city-wide housing strategies, waterfront planning, downtown revitalization and economic development has resulted in innovative and achievable strategies for a diversity of public, non-profit and private clients. Scott's design process merges creative grass-roots planning with a focus on sustainable development and design.

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