If A Discarded North Minneapolis Mattress Could Talk, What Would It Say?

Photo, blog post by John Hoff

A couple days ago, I drove around various North Minneapolis alleys with a friend of mine who was showing off his 311 Facebook app.

Dilapidated fence? BAM!

Debris filling a backyard? BAM!

Graffiti? BAM, BAM, BAM!  My friend was sending reports to 311 so fast his phone froze up and had to rest for a minute.

Then we came upon a mattress emblazoned with a message in Sharpie marker, and the message was as follows:

City Of Minneapolis 311 Smart Phone App Reportedly Not Playing Nice With Android Phones...

YouTube Video embed, blog post by John Hoff

A few nights ago, proud new NoMi homeowner Jeff Skrenes was having a house warming party and wanted to show me his Minneapolis 311 smart phone app that he'd recently acquired. Wanting to spread word about the cool smart phone app, I decided to videotape Jeff's enthusiastic demonstration. Things didn't go exactly as planned, however...