I thought it was poignant that Greg brought up the fact that “grumpy old men” might not want to share their location. I too would classify myself as a “grumpy old man”. However, I have recently embarked upon a venture that relies upon people sharing their location. While I may not be able to understand why people would want to share their location all of the time, I think it is important to recognize that younger folks are willing to do so, and we must plan for such ubiquity.

I think that sufficiently motiviated process servers and stalkers would be able to find me without the benefit of location based services. Google should suffice. Any jilted former lover worth their salt shouldn’t need Foursquare either.

I haven’t had to avoid any of these three types of people in the past, but in the movies they always find their target at their home or their place of work — two places you could probably find via Google but not via Foursquare. I think by exposing the bars and restaurants that I eat at, the likely effect will be an increase in serendipitous encounters with well wishers (per Fred Wilson’s post http://bit.ly/2RMpst) rather than increase in my enemies successfully hunting me down.

I had the same theory.

I didn’t have a cell because if you wanted to ring I was at home or the office. If I wasn’t in, you could guess my location, and if you couldn’t, I probably didn’t want to share it with you & I didn’t want bothering.

… now I’ve got a cell.