Drop Idea ! NEW
Andrew Reiff
No I've "flashed" back (hey a reference from my era, too!) to this Drumbeat discussion. Considering the hurricane coming out East made me realize embeding these drives in walls would have an excellent CIVIL DEFENSE application, being a depository of useful information to use in emergency situations when power/communications have been disrupted.
See y'all at Drumbeast SD 20XX,
Drew
Just came across this article on Slashdot and it reminded me about this thread:-HaniOn Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Michael Bastos <mic...@bastosmedia.com> wrote:
The bar codes could also be a great way for us to keep track of which drives have malware or viruses in them so that we can send someone out there to clean the drive and make sure it's safe.
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Phelan Riessen <phe...@digithrive.com> wrote:
Now we’re talking! AR or augmented reality would be a really cool addition to all this.
As for the barcode sticker (for those that don’t know check http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/). My thoughts on it was if I saw a random USB sticking out of the concrete I’d like to know a little more about it before I went and stuck my computer on to the side of a wall. Seems a little dirty to me at first thoughts. I’d first scan in the mobile bar code and it would hyper link me to a site we created with more info, Google map of other drop locations etc.
From: drumbeat...@googlegroups.com [mailto:drumbeat...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hani Anani
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:43 PM
Can somebody elaborate on the barcode sticker idea, how would it facilitate locating the drops?
Perhaps we can get a bit of an underground art movement going a la graffiti art that would help make the drops more noticeable.
I see the benefits of identifying locations of the drops on four square but that seems to take away from the anonymous nature of the drop boxes.
I haven't used layar (http://www.layar.com), but it seems like it might be fun to create an AR layer to help identify the drops.
-Hani
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Michael Bastos <mic...@bastosmedia.com> wrote:
I love the barcode sticker idea, can we do something with Foursquare or Facebook Places as well like they have for Restaurants so that when people scan the barcode it automatically checks them in to a certain spot? I like the idea of people telling their social graph that they just put something in the wall at the corner of this place or that and to "Come and get it." Might make it more fun.
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Phelan Riessen <phe...@digithrive.com> wrote:
That’s awesome Hani!
Although more conspicuous I’m wondering if we should include a mobile barcode sticker next to the dead drop. Just a thought.
Phelan Riessen
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From: drumbeat...@googlegroups.com [mailto:drumbeat...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hani Anani
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:22 AM
To: drumbeat...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Underground USB Drop Idea
If we do want to include a discussion re: dead drops at the Dumbeat SD event, we could show this video:
-hani
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Michael Bastos <mic...@bastosmedia.com> wrote:
It's up to the actual official planners but I'm thinking we can probably have the drops put out before the event with or without content for the event a week or two before the beginning and post up on the website a google map of the different locations for people to visit. Promote it on facebook and other sites and then on the day of the event we can let everyone know that all the event data can be found at the different drop sites so find a drop near them to download the videos or other content they want to instead of just letting them download it online. We can even have someone on the day of the event go around and update the drops with the material so that it's updated but leave enough room for people to put their own stuff on there. Other than a digital Geocashing game I can't really see other ways of implementing this for the drumbeat event unless other have ideas?
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Hani Anani <hani...@gmail.com> wrote:
I love the idea of dead drops.
How do you see this fitting into the Drumbeat SD event? Would it be to kick it off and inform people in San Diego about it? or perhaps seed the initial placement of a dead drop with content from attendees of the Drumbeat SD event?
-Hani
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Michael Bastos <mic...@bastosmedia.com> wrote:
What I think is interesting is that it's cheap and easy and anyone can get involved. As long as you keep track of where the drives are located at you can create a network throughout San Diego of these things tempting people to go to different locations and "drop in" on the drives to see what others posted or added. Their current network is small, east coast New York mostly but I know a few guys that are installing them in San Francisco and I think it would be fun to give it a try, we do run the risk of someone damaging the drives but when you consider it's easy enough to replace, the bigest problem that I see though is the fact that in most cases they have to put the laptops or devices up to the wall to see what's in it, the guys doing this say it's fun for people to try it but I think if we attached a cable instead or something retractable maybe it might get more people checking it out. I think it's an awesome project idea for any artists wanting to do something local and underground and if you go on the deadrops website you will find instructions allowing anyone to do it. Just an idea incase you guys wanted to give it a try.
Michael
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Cy Kuckenbaker <cyk...@gmail.com> wrote:
That's a fun idea Michael. It would be interesting to craft a narrative out of that. Like a data scavenger hunt.
Cy
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Michael Bastos <mic...@bastosmedia.com> wrote:
Hey guys,
I've been following this project below for some time now and thought since it's gone public that it might be something that you guys might want to consider as a great artist idea for San Diego.
Basically these guys are going around and cementing USB drops throughout cities like San Francisco and others to create an entirely underground file sharing network for artists and others that is not connected to the internet. It's a participation project so everyone is invited to go out and place their own drops out there, it's funny and open and I just thought it might be something you guys might find as an interesting addon project for Drumbeat. Read more about it and let me know your thoughts on the project. It's a bit like Geocaching for digital information and could be a lot of fun if we can convince people to put them outside their properties throught the city and San Diego area.
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Michael Bastos
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Michael Bastos
Cell: (858)335-0190
www.michaelbastos.com
"Do what you do best, then link to the rest!" - Jeff Jarvis
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Michael Bastos
Cell: (858)335-0190
www.michaelbastos.com
"Do what you do best, then link to the rest!" - Jeff Jarvis
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Respectfully Submitted
Michael Bastos
Cell: (858)335-0190
www.michaelbastos.com
"Do what you do best, then link to the rest!" - Jeff Jarvis
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Respectfully Submitted
Michael Bastos
Cell: (858)335-0190
www.michaelbastos.com
"Do what you do best, then link to the rest!" - Jeff Jarvis