Relevant link: http://xkcd.com/783/
Dear Randall Munroe, author of xkcd:
When GPSes work properly, they're nice. However, they don't work properly all the time, and send their unsuspecting users who don't know how to read road signs off on unexpected expeditions, as has happened to my GPS-dependent friends before. Basically, I left as the last of three cars, an hour after the first car left, and got to our destination first. One car stopped for food, but the other got massively off track due to over-reliance on, you guessed it, their GPS.
Our electronics-addicted society has forgotten how to navigate using the abundance of information that's conveniently placed EVERYWHERE alongside ALL THE ROADS. So much intuitively placed documentation should not go to waste.
Admittedly, the signage system isn't perfect, especially around Washington D.C., but in sane areas of the country, it gets the job done.
Your fan and regular reader,
XT-8147
Monday, August 23, 2010
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