So.. I don't know if anyone here has heard about Flash Mob's, but one is planned for tomorrow (Saturday) at 3PM. If you haven't heard about what Flash Mob's are, there have been several news articles about them coming out lately... Here are a few URLs. They are an interesting social use of technology which as a phenomena have been spreading all over the world.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59518,00.html http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-livmobbing072403jul24,0,3404620.story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/west_yorkshire/3158353.stm At any rate, generally with this stuff, the more people that participate the merrier. Being that there are a lot of technology oriented people on the TriLUG list I thought some of you might thinkt his was cool. So.. here are the instructions from the organizer for tomorrow: *********** MOB INSTRUCTIONS *************** IT"S TIME FOR THE MOB!!! Instructions: Those of you with birthdays on an odd day, wear a white or light colored shirt/top. Those of you with birthdays on an even day, wear a black or dark colored shirt/top. The "light" people should gather at 3:00PM on Saturday, August 23 in the parking lot outside of Nordstroms at Southpoint Mall. Gather a good way out from the entrance directly opposite the mall. In case of rain, gather inside in front of Hechts, on the upper floor. The "dark" people gather at 3:00PM in the parking lot outside of Organized Living at Southpoint Mall. Gather a good way out from the entrance directly opposite the "Streets" (the mall). In case of rain, gather inside in front of Belks, on the upper floor. Other than the shirt on your back (or blouse, etc), there's no need to bring anything at all. Synchonize your Swatches to the time at: http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/- 5/java for the correct time. At 3:00PM, the final instructions will be given out on pieces of paper, which, after you read, please hide. The instructions will be given out in such a way that nobody will be able to identify the organizer(s), so please just look for someone with a piece of paper and ask them for one. Unfortunately, Friendster has limited the number of "friends" I can have to 200, and I have many, many more participants who want to join which I cannot add as friends, so please post a copy of this bulletin on Friendster for your own friends, or where ever like minded people will see it. As always, tell nobody who may be press or part of Southpoint security. This is in no way illegal, but if Southpoint catches wind of this event early, they may ask us not to do it, which they can, because it's private property. The event will be mildly disruptive (but not violent, political, or dangerous in any way), so the event will be short. The next event will not occur at Southpoint, so if we're asked not to come back, that won't be a problem. Again, synchonize your watches, and meet at the apporpriate place at Southpoint tomorrow (Saturday!). Tell your friends, tell your family, tell co-workers. The more the merrier. This should be a great event. See you all there!! - Mob Man -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
