(Engels)
“When Napster told the district court that it had developed a technology to block the transfer of 99.4 percent of identified infringing material, the district court told counsel for Napster 99.4 percent was not good enough. Napster had to push the infringements ‘down to zero’. If 99.4 percent is not good enough, then this is a war on file-sharing technologies, not a war on copyright infringement.” (Lessig, p.74)
(Engels)
As the Poken could be the archetype of off-line social networking, collecting Poken ID’s is still limited to the owner’s ability to travel. It’s simply not possible to connect Poken ID’s across the globe when one does not travel! I am organizing an event (#happokening020) which offers the Poken owners a place to bring the Poken handshake into action.
Mimicking social networks is only feasible when one is not limited to location. That’s why, I am suggesting a practice without the limitations of place. This is what I thought of. The PokenTelePortal should be a funny extension to the happening. The PokenTelePortal will offer (1) an entertaining contribution in bringing Poken owners together and (2) facilitate live meet-ups during Happenings simultaneously all over the world!
(Engels)
This scenario will illustrate the possibilities of social media like twitter to have a positive and substantial influence on ordinary life. In this case, the “flow regulator tweet” will very efficiently regulate the flow of people waiting in line and therefor Twitter could make waiting obsolete.
This year for the first time, I am going to organize a Happening. What is the plan? ‘Hap-poken-ing020′ is set to be a spectacular and spontaneous event that will harmlessly disturb the public domain of Amsterdam’s Dam square. It’s a funny way to (1) mobilize people, to (2) bring the Poken to the attention, to (3) connect to new interesting people and to (4) get some experience in the organization of such an event.
(Engels)
Google has launched the Street View application in The Netherlands. This is another phase in Google’s mission to organise the world’s information by building a 3D-environment. Simon Davies, a surveillance watchdog, stated: “The cultural imperative within Google is anti-privacy”. From his perspective that is certainly the case, but then they probably would follow a different strategy (figure below).
Google's alternative anti-privacy strategy.
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