I don't have a video of the art installation I saw. It was at the end of a very long night and I just wanted a couch to take a nap on. Funny thing was there was someone on the other side of the city taking a nap on the other couch. A laptop with ustream would be easy and yet misses the mark. It's not about the video, it's about the process and the specific hardware installation. A phone is a great way to transmit voice across the world but is unremarkable. Make it an old rotary phone with a red light and a buzzer and it can only call a matching phone across the world and you have something that is fun and inspirational.
I was thinking we could pool some funds together to offer a grant or make it a contest. I'm assuming we have enough geeks between us. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Kyle Mulka <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds awsome. You could start out with an easy to implement solution > like a laptop running Ustream. I currently live in Seattle, but would > love to stay in touch from a co-working space which hopefully will > open soon in Ann Arbor, MI. > > -- > Kyle Mulka > http://www.kylemulka.com > > On Apr 8, 7:17 pm, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Howdy, > > I have a great idea for a project and need to solicit ideas > > and interested parties. At Burning Man one year I saw an art > installation > > that was two retro big-screen TVs (the big wood furniture types) in front > of > > modest old couches that beamed video across the city. How cool would it > be > > to have these setup in various coworking spaces around the world. I > imagine > > an old-school dial where you have to get up and turn the dial to switch > > cities. For audio, a rotary phone on the coffee table in front of the > > couch. To get the attention of the people on the other side there is a > > simple button that activates a red light and a buzzer on the other side. > > > > That's the idea... er dream. Who else thinks this would be the coolest > > thing ever? So how do we get there? > > > > Jacob > > > > --- > > Office Nomads - Individuality without > Isolationhttp://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323-6500 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
