Project Idea

Kate and I came up w/this idea: We are going to explore the notion that we do not control our phones, our phones control us. Take the Forbes editor Dennis Kneale who lasted 40 hours in what was supposed to be a week without his cell phone (amongst other things such as e-mail). Clearly the technology has a hold over us as we’ve grown to become reliant on it. We are setting out to show this in a more literal sense where our actions are controlled by voters via text messages.

Project Ideas

My first idea was a dating service using cellphones: People can have profiles with a picture on their phone, when they come in range of others with a compatible profile, their phones will let each other know, exchanging profiles, pictures, and contact information.
Quickly after searching for this in google, I had found that some MIT students had already done this, or at least come up with the idea. Blind Dating Via Text Messaging
Second idea: I was thinking that restaurants, stores, clubs, drug dealers, and other businesses could somehow send out a text message to people who come within range, with their information such as special events, prices, menus, special offers, etc. Bluetooth in Grocery Store
Third idea: With your cellphone, you would be able to purchase products in an actual store while physically in it. For example, if you a see a cd and want to buy it, but don't want to wait in line, you can use your credit card to purchase it on your phone. A signal would be sent that turns off the signal emitted by the cd so that when walking out of the store, alarms would not go off.

Are you kidding me?

Someone has been inspired to leave a comment on the "Michelle Pfeiffer in salon" video I posted on youtube. You can see it here. You wil see that ChoctawCreek is asking if I am serious. Of course that is for me to know and him/her to find out. The seriousness of this footage will remain a secret for all Michelle Pfeiffer fans to ponder over.

Flyer & Postcard

Link to actual sized flyer.
My video of a guy getting hit by a taxi.

Dumped Over SMS

My students all broke up with me over text messaging this week. I posted the sometimes harsh, sometimes kind words telling me to move on...

-Listen bitch, its over

-Paul ive put up with your crap for too long. i just cant live this way anymore! its not working out. im sorry. no need to txt back, just another 5 cents to lose

-I seen the way you be lookin at Ira all sexy in class! We through! Booyah sucker i dont get played like that!

-(Bye pablito)I dont want to hurt you but there is something wrong about us from beguining we always have bad days anyway you are the worst remember that night at park the baseball old times never back youuu are the last person i going to see ever dont dothattootherdont eventrybye pablo adios

-This might seem harsh but we both knew from the beginning i didnt want this to be a long term thing.It's over, take care.

-Paul, i am out!

-Im sick of being ashamed to introduce ur ugly ass to my friends & besides my dad hates u. its over

-I must leave you. Forgive that i made you do terrible things, i know you miss your right eye. i made a mistake in treating you the way i did. You deserve

Exhibit A

I was able to get this footage off of a cell phone that I found on the street. If anyone has any information about this please alert the authorities immediately!

Exhibit A

David Blane Busted!

That doesn't look like a cigarette to me Mr. Blaine!!!David Blaine was caught on a callphone camera this weekend smoking a strange substance and repeatedly muttered obscenities. See for yourself...

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING!!

terrorist caught on cell phone camera! this terrorist is seen diagramming the inner workings of the subway system! the subway camera ban is not enough in this post 9/11 age! call, write, or email your elected official and demand legislation banning pens, journals, and the formation of new memories in the subway! If you see a suspicious package or [brown person] activity in the subway, do not keep it to yourself! Alert a police officer, train or bus operator, station personnel or call 888-NYC-SAFE (888-692-7233).

floating in the dark

catch732 seems bobbing up and down in the ocean,waiting to be rescued! What was going on with it? check it out!

stalking...

The sound of the woman's shoes striking the pavement and my proximity to her as we walked down the sidewalk felt like that oh so familiar scene in a murder mystery/horror flick just before the psycho strikes... I captured this on my cell... Stalker. ALSO... grab this code to embed your 3gp movies into your own html pages, so there's no download necessary...

Dancing

Finally the snow is here in New York. Got to record this magnificent moment. Check out the videos: dancing1 & dancing2.

Wish this one was made up...

So my in-laws live in a menagerie of 2 dogs, 3 cats, and a large blue macaw, named Miko. That's not the odd part. Whenever we go to their house for a chicken dinner they give Miko a large hunk of dark meat. I've developed a sick fascination watching a bird eat bird, so I needed to document it and share for everyone. The music in the background was by accident, but it gives the whole scene a feeling of Silence of the Lambs meets Hairspray. What can I say? I'm from Baltimore. We're all wierd like that. Just ask John Waters. Here's the video.

UFO over Elizabeth, New Jersey!!!!

I was filming my ride back from NYC to NJ when we were passing Elizabeth and I happened to see an odd shape in the sky zipping around. I was a sceptic in flying saucers before, but check out the video!

Franklyn cell Text Messague

Hi everyone
My cell franklyn and this is my text message pictures

Where were you when...?

"Where were you when...?" Assignment by Hsiao-Ying

waiting in days

This is Chia-Ying and her cell phone, catch732. My photo essay is about waiting. We wait everyday, wait for traffic, wait for checking, wait for trains, wait for holidays, wait for the time to lunch, wait in the freaking cold weather for school’s pathetic elevators. But one thing we don't wait in New York—we don't wait for lights to cross streets. Here is the photo link.

Text Message Assignment

Here is my txt message assignment.

interesting article...

Phone in throat, boyfriend in cell
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (AP) -- A jury convicted a man of second-degree domestic assault Saturday for shoving a cell phone down his girlfriend's throat.
Prosecutors said Marlon Brando Gill, 25, of Kansas City, forced the cell phone into Melinda Abell's mouth during a quarrel in December 2005.
Gill denied the charge, claiming that Abel had tried to swallow the phone to prevent him from finding out whom she had been calling. More...

MOMA

Hi everyone I am Yudi, sorry can not take a picture with my cell phone(old style phone)so I used my digital camera to get photos. This is a picture that I took from my recent trip to MOMA. This was my first visit to the museum since the renovation. It was nice to see the arts in the new setting and just to remanding myself how great New York City is.

Its Name is "B"

This is Andrew LaMorte. My cellphones name is "B". That is my cellphone, not the one I borrowed from the DT lab to take pictures with, that ones name is "Nok". This is my first time taking pictures with a cellphone, its pretty cool, im liking it.

Cellphone Essay (still in progress)
Text Message Assignment (still in progress)