Ever since CrashAlert got covered by Rachel Metz the MIT Technology Review last week (see Safe Texting While Walking? Soon, There May Be an App for That) there has been a series of reactions on the social media. Well, negative reactions are included in the article itself with Prof. Clifford Nass describing it as “the epitome of removal from both the physical and social world.”
I don’t see CrashAlert as the best of my ideas or the ultimate solution to the texting and walking problem, but it’s certainly a solution to a real problem that we encounter everyday (if you ever bumped into something or someone while engaged in fun texting you know what I am talking about). Nonetheless, in this post I would like to collect the most interesting Twitter messages, both positive and negative, for posterity.
“CrashAlert” warnt Handy-User vor Straßenlaternen [Hightech]
— Donette Ranaware (@DonetteRanaware) April 15, 2013
Walk-and-texters now have protection from looming obstacles, thanks to CrashAlert. We should add this to Gander ripar.in/17dbYal
— Gander (@getgander) April 15, 2013
CrashAlert! New system that prevents accidents while walking and texting! Is this progress? techre.vu/YoR3NF >@techreview
— Jacqueline Vanacek (@JacquelnVanacek) April 15, 2013
Have you ever bumped into a pole while texting and walking? Developing app could save you from such embarrassments. on.mash.to/17epCtN
— Magnet Media, Inc. (@MagnetMediaInc) April 15, 2013
Thou will not walk into a lamppost anymore… fb.me/15g7GWbPU
— Ranjana Foogooa (@ranjana157) April 15, 2013
Thanks to poor spatial awareness, I’ve never been able to walk and text. CrashAlert may change that ripar.in/17dbYal @jhincapie
— Claire Willett (@clairedwillett) April 15, 2013
Safe Texting While Walking? There May Be an App for That! Great, no more walking into doors! 🙂 ow.ly/kbzMz
— Chenine G(@ChenineG) April 19, 2013
I personally LOVE this one 🙂
App for Safe Texting While Walking? on.mash.to/17nFMRy yeah but #philly “e-lane” was first bit.ly/17nGa2F
— Martin Weinberg (@MartinWeinberg) April 17, 2013
Juan David Hincapié-Ramos 