Evan Hahn
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9:37pm 14 May 2009
New Song - 25 March 2009 25 March 2009
Collaboration Wanted 11 March 2009I praise the Internet for its ability to do so many great things, but I feel that it is lacking in an important area: anonymous collaboration across a variety of mediums.
Wikipedia is, of course, the exception to this. The collective effort of thousands of people, everyone anonymous or hidden behind the likeness of usernames, has created a startlingly large sum of information that is surprisingly accurate. The Wiki software is an extraordinary achievement in anonymous, online collaboration.
But Wikipedia is only for text and limited images. While text is extraordinarily valuable, direct interaction with other mediums is more difficult.
There are Web sites that are more specific, like Google Docs's functionality, allowing a group of people to collaborate on a presentation, document, or spreadsheet. Box.net allows users to upload and discuss files. There are online whiteboards that allow people to draw things together.
The problem? It's not anonymous. You could advertise it on your Twitter page, but unless you're an Internet celebrity, only your friends would collaborate.
I want to see an Internet band, with songs composed by people who don't know each other. I want to see an Internet art gallery, made by hundreds of people who will never meet. I want to read an Internet novel, with characters and plot twists concocted by the collective Anonymous.
I don't think these kinds of things exist, and if they do, they're not well-known. A wonderful business would be one that tried to tackle this problem.
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WiFi Freeloading Speedway Racing 5 March 2009
While I was in the car today, I had my laptop and was trying to load Gmail. The car was in range of free WiFi for only moments, so I had to frantically click around to load pages.
Then I had an nerd epiphany.
WiFi Freeloading Speedway Racing
You need three or more people to play. One person needs to drive, and everyone else needs a laptop with WiFi.
The goal of the game is to be the first person to load Google.com in a moving car, using free WiFi.
The driver must avoid any stops that they can, but stay legal.
No cheating! No downloading Google before you leave. No having satellite access. None of this madness.
Alternative methods:
- It's the driver versus the people with laptops. Before the game, have all players agree on a destination. The driver is trying to get to that destination before anyone can load Google.com.
- Players race to post a Twitter, which must be posted on the website.
Time to win.
(Photo courtesy of russeljsmith.)
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New Song - 25 March 2009
Collaboration Wanted
The site is up!