Text Messages Coming to a Plasma Near You....

Sick of texting messages to only people you know? How about texting to everyone at your current location?? A new technology called Wiffiti is enabling people to send text messages to large flat panel displays in social venues such as cafes, bars and clubs. Not sure how i feel about this, but i suppose it could be fun if you happen to be in a bar with interesting people. My fear is it turns into a way for people to go around plugging random stuff and all the screens end up displaying ads for the latest web 2.0 company. One cool feature of Wiffiti is that it allows you to text the word "fade" to fade out existing messages. Who knows, maybe it'll evolve into a whole new way to ask the hot girl in the corner if she's single or if you can buy her a drink....Or, hey ass*ole, can you stop staring at my girl...



The first Wiffiti screen was installed in January 2006 at Someday Café in Boston, MA, a city that now has three other Wiffiti screens. Screens are now spreading rapidly, appearing in Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Knoxville, Boulder and New York.