Not once is the word "free" used in that press release. Why do I get the feeling that it is somehow related to the spyware/adware/marketing industry?
>From wi-fi salon's website: "The Wi-Fi Salon maintains that the best way to hasten the evolution of Wi-Fi is to develop sustainable business models for it. By designing Hot Spots and Hot Zones that offer location specific content and services rather than mere access, we believe we have developed the approach that will work." Stuff like "Location specific content" fits in with spyware company marketing jargon such as "targeted product placement". What exactly is "location specific content"? Does that mean along with your wi-fi access, will you see popup ads for a local pizza place? Or am I way off here? -Justin On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:55:45 -0500, "Anthony Townsend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > i guess we have some competition > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Midori Yasuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: November 9, 2004 5:37:36 PM EST > > To: ITP Faculty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: 16 Multimedia Wi-Fi Hot Spots in 9 Major Parks in NYC to Be > > Test Beds for Innovation > > Reply-To: Midori Yasuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Call For Digital Designers, Communitarians, and Technologists to Help > > Create > > > > � > > > > Multimedia Wi-Fi Hot Spots in NYC's Major Parks > > > > � > > > > Background: The NYC Department of Parks and Recreation has awarded The > > Wi-Fi Salon a three-year concession (renewable) to establish and > > operate 16 Wi-Fi Hot Spots in 9 parks in 4 boroughs.�� The locations > > are as follows: > > > > � > > > > • The Battery > > • Central Park (The Dairy, The Boathouse CafŽ, > > Summerstage, The > > 86th St Shops. The Arsenal/Central Park Zoo, Mineral Springs Snack > > Bar/Sheep's Meadow) > > • Washington Square Park > > • Union Square Park > > • Riverside Park/79th Street Boat Basin and CafŽ > > • Prospect Park (The Boathouse, The Picnic House) > > • Flushing Meadows Tennis Center > > • Orchard Beach > > • The golf houses in Van Cortlandt Park and Pelham Bay > > Park > > � > > > > These Wi-Fi Hot Spots will serve up rich multimedia content, > > applications and services - video tours, online games, digital > > exhibitions and performances, shopping, dining, local information, > > VOIP and video conferencing.�� �They will be performance spaces for > > public art, arenas for social computing and gaming, IP > > telecommunications nodes, tourist destinations, and community > > portals.�� They will also be test beds for new gear, applications, and > > services. > > > > � > > > > Since our inception, The Wi-Fi Salon has had the support of The > > Parsons School of Design, The Alliance for the Arts, The New York City > > Council, and Lincoln Center.�� We are now also working closely with > > the LMCC.�� We also have in our consortium coders, developers, and > > infrastructure engineers, and are in regular conversation with various > > media companies, interactive agencies, non-profits, conservancies, > > community boards, academics, and local business groups. > > > > � > > > > Opportunity:� We are reaching out to all those who want to participate > > in creating an unwired future, starting with these park locations.� We > > want to launch applications and services and begin to answer the > > following questions:�� How will wireless broadband and pervasive > > computing affect social and economic relations, alter urban spaces, > > and change how we produce and consume media?� Is there a project you > > know of that would benefit from its being hosted at any of the above > > venues?� We want to hear about it! > > > > � > > > > The first site we will light up is The Battery, slated for December > > 15th.� �You can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 212-362-6546 > > to discuss what you feel should be part of the launch, and more > > generally what could be done at these Hot Spots. > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to itp-faculty as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
