Grafedia

Whoa. I am surprised I haven’t come across Grafedia till now. But then again, I have not seen any graffiti with blue writing and an underline to indicate it’s a “link.” It’s like a Web treasure hunt for mobile phones and handheld devices.

Ms. Graffiti Writer takes a picture of something she sees or creates and sends it to Grafedia with a word to associate with the picture (it can also be a video or sound file). So I find a photo and assign it the keyword of “meryl.” Creative, eh? I can submit it through the Grafedia Web site or by emailing  meryl at grafedia.net (”meryl” would be replaced by the word, if you create one of your own).

You come across meryl, ooh it’s right here! It looks like a clickable link, but in the real world, you can’t click the grafedia links. You’ve found a grafedia! So, from your mobile device (or you can do it from your PC, but I don’t think you’re carrying your PC out there in the world where you’d come across a real grafedia.), send an e-mail or text message to  meryl at grafedia.net and wait for a response. When you get a reply, you should have an image as an attachment.

Try out some of the others by going to the site and using the words listed there such as bunny, see_me, and in_here (if you see a space such as “in here,” you can enter it with a space. However, if your device has a problem with it, then use an underscore instead. Go forth and spread the grafedia!