Rachel Metz of Wired News tips us to the future of the internet - Grafedia.

grafedia: words written anywhere, then linked to images, video or sound files online.

Grafedia extends and connects the web to the offline world. How does it work? Simply post a keyword, written in blue and underlined, anywhere offline. Anyone can then access the online media through their phones by typing word@grafedia.net. And there you have it. Links in an offline context.

I think it's an amazing idea and could be great in many applications. It's an instant way to interact with an image. No need to remember where you saw it, what it was, etc. Its applications could be for advertisements, public art, or just a means for social interaction - linking people, technology, and places. Its a way to subvert the usual interactive media in public places - i.e. expensive billboards. Grafedia is as simple as graffiti. Yet, it can be anything from chalk to tattoos to posters - it need not be vandalism.

Grafedia was created by John Geraci.

Geraci wants grafedia to make people think about the idea that the boundaries of the web are totally arbitrary. If you can put links in different places, he said, you're essentially extending the internet.