Andrew Mason Clearance!!

摘要

Andrew Mason is walking with a reporter among the seagulls on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, using his iPhone to play an audio walking tour. As he approaches the giant hoists where local anglers move their daily catch to shore, the voice of a local fisherman named Candy pipes up on the recording to describe the scene ahead: "If you see any boats unloading, look for sea lions hanging nearby, waiting for the fish receivers to throw them scraps." The recording is one of the offerings from Mason's latest startup, Detour, which he's trying to build into a central repository for a new kind of GPS-based neighborhood walking tour. The guided-tour industry brings in tens of billions a year, so it may actually be a big deal-if it works. "People have an enormous hunger to have really compelling experiences in their cities," Mason says. Then a seagull poops on his head.