Social Networking + Mobile Gaming = :)

Here is an interesting mash up. Take social networking, add in mobile gaming and you have Social Mobile Gaming or would it be Mobile Social Gaming..?! The buzz-words can be worked out later, for now read this interview with Trip Hawkins (Legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur, founder of Electronic Arts and now owner of Digital Chocolate).

In that interview Trip lays out his latest vision of bringing cheer to people isolated by an overdose of tech in their lives by getting them to connect with other people through mobile gaming.

Alternately, imagine if the same thing were applied to mobile learning. Ron Edwards of Ambient Connection says, "Connecting people to each other is often more valuable than just delivering content to them and is a key aspect of the advice I often give to organizations pursuing mobile learning to strategize how it can/should be part of the mix. This holds true when discussing the application of "serious" mobile games to address corporate communication and culture change initiatives."