@georgetakei ham radio is a pretty fantastic hobby if you are the right kind of retro-social nerd.
@georgetakei I considered doing this at Comiket in Tokyo as that event is so massive the cellphone system would be overloaded.
@georgetakei Hello, cell phones?
@rgulick @georgetakei you've never been in a large store and had an unusably bad signal, and no usable wifi?
@georgetakei "I have Eyes On the rutabaga. Over."
@georgetakei There's an app for that. Got it on my watch and yes, I use it to find my husband. It beats standing around or wandering around trying to find someone.
I feel like Dick Tracey!
@georgetakei before you know it they will be using beepers to communicate.
@georgetakei ScienceFiction is: a star trek communicator for around $10.