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Stories for the searchers
Ryan Boudinot has a new project. It’s called Found and Lost, and it’s stories distributed to readers through geocaches. Here’s a description of the stories:
“Found and Lost” is a series of interlinked short stories. Each story focuses on a main character who, in the course of the story, finds something and loses something else. The stories are set in various settings and time periods. The stories are connected to one another like links in a chain. For instance, Betty finds a cell phone and loses a framed butterfly. In another story, Juan finds the framed butterfly and loses his wallet. In another story, a man finds Juan’s wallet and loses his glass eye. The stories are linked in a circle, so that the “last” story involves someone who loses something that the “first” person finds.
Ryan has always approached technology in interesting ways—both in his writing and in the way he gets his writing to people. I like this idea a lot. I’m in favor of people giving work away, but I like that Ryan has made a challenge out of it.
Do any of you do this? This geocaching thing? Would you work for a good story? Would you search for one, given the chance?
Tags: geocaching, Ryan Boudinot
I just hear about this geocaching thing a few weeks ago from my father-in-low. I had thought about trying it out before this post. Now, my interest is doubly peeked.
I just hear about this geocaching thing a few weeks ago from my father-in-low. I had thought about trying it out before this post. Now, my interest is doubly peeked.
i used to go geohashing on a regular basis – (see http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page) with a friend – and we’d been meaning to go geocaching – not a lot of items are distributed around my city though, sadly… and now i’m car-less it makes it even trickier. but i love it. it’s a strange, beautiful, urban treasure hunt.
i used to go geohashing on a regular basis – (see http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page) with a friend – and we’d been meaning to go geocaching – not a lot of items are distributed around my city though, sadly… and now i’m car-less it makes it even trickier. but i love it. it’s a strange, beautiful, urban treasure hunt.
Well, why not? Cool idea, if you don’t only read it, but also experience something more. And geocaching (even if I’m not in and have found only 2-3 caches till now) seems to be very nice. Not because of finding, but because of searching. The way is so inspirational, so I’d recommend everybody to take their writing journal and make notes (well,without doubt, everybody has such journal at any time of day).
Well, why not? Cool idea, if you don’t only read it, but also experience something more. And geocaching (even if I’m not in and have found only 2-3 caches till now) seems to be very nice. Not because of finding, but because of searching. The way is so inspirational, so I’d recommend everybody to take their writing journal and make notes (well,without doubt, everybody has such journal at any time of day).
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