We are killing serendipity (and I couldn't be happier) with mobile applications and I could not be happier. Contact me on twitter: @schneidermike to discuss. Thanks

1. We Are Killing Serendipity April 2011

2. I’m SchneiderMike @SchneiderMike is one word, like Ronaldinho You can call me SchneiderMike or Mike SVP, Director Digital Incubator @allengerritsen 617.233.5012 co-author of forthcoming Location Based Marketing For Dummies (but O’Reilly invited me anyway!) 2

3. What is Serendipity? Serendipity is the act of discovering something unexpectedly Anecdote: some feel this is one of the most difficult English words to translate along with spam, whimsy, kitsch, chuffed, poppycock, gobbletygook 3

4. Important Serendipitous Discoveries 4 photo by massdistraction [on flickr]

5. Important Serendipitous Discoveries 5

6. Important Serendipitous Discoveries 6

7. Important Serendipitous Discoveries 7

8. Important Serendipitous Discoveries 8

9. Important Serendipitous Discoveries 9

10. Important Serendipitous Discoveries 10

11. Unimportant Serendipitous Discovery Discovery of the principle behind inkjet printers by a Canon engineer. After putting his hot soldering iron by accident on his pen, ink was ejected from the pen's point a few moments later. 11

12. What if the World Was Totally Mapped Out? Not like this: 12

13. What If The World Was Totally Mapped Out Like THIS: 13

14. We Are Getting There Every minute someone is out there kicking the ass of real, live serendipity. Attaching these to Places Tips Recommendations Photos 14

15. Are We Killing Serendipity? Marissa Mayer says No “I think that humans are just curious. It doesn’t seem like the prevalence of information causes us to be curious, in fact it makes us more curious… It’s innate. (These) advances give us more opportunity to be productive in the way that we want to be productive.”* * http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP000277 15

16. Let’s Kill Us Some Serendipity! LET’S KILL (SERENDIPITY) 16

17. foursquare 17 Tips Explore

18. Gowalla <3 <3 <3 18 Pictures, Highlights, Trips

19. Gowalla <3 <3 <3 19 Pictures, Highlights, Trips

20. WHRRL 20 Recommended Ideas

21. SCVNGR 21 Treks

22. WHERE Best Bets 22

23. Bizzy Browse 23

24. Hotpot 24 Google Places Browse

25. Yelp Nearby Search 25

26. Foodspotting 26

27. Localmind Localmind 27

28. Waze 28 Waze Feeding America

29. Color 29

30. Ditto <3 <3 <3 30

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