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Mat Honan

Mat Honan
Contributing editor, Wired magazine

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Mat Honan is a contributing editor at WIRED magazine and a journalist with more than a decade of experience covering the technology industry. A former columnist for the New York Sun, his work has also appeared in Popular Science, Macworld, Mother Jones, The National Journal Technology Daily, Salon.com, and Runner’s World. His story on location based services, “I Am Here,” appeared in the February 2009 issue of WIRED magazine.

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2:00pm Thursday, 05/21/2009
Ghosts of Location Based Social Networking Past, Present and Future
General
 Location: Regency Ballroom
Mat Honan (Wired magazine), Nihal Mehta (Buzzd), Dennis Crowley (foursquare), Martin May (Brightkite), Jeff Holden (Pelago, Inc.)
An exploration of the evolution of location-based social networking and how location-based applications will impact the way everyday users interact with the friends and find nearby venues and events. Includes several founders of past and current location-based social networks, including Brightkite, Buzzd, Dodgeball and Moximity. Read more.