The best thing I never invented.

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The best thing I never invented.

• Warchalking, free wireless,
• memetic-engineering and the media.
• Matt Jones

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So no mention, except
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Previously, on warchalking

• Right now, vested interests portray free wireless
  advocates and warchalkers as criminals or
  terrorists
• The original intent behind the idea may have gone
  missing
• People I work with may be involved in both.
• Im Matt Jones, and in the past two months Ive
  had some of the longest days of my life.

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Sorry.
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Going to cover

• Talk questions
• The ideas origin and the intent behind it
• Some of the development of the idea
• How it spread and the spectacle around it
• Overlap with community wireless
• Future
• Workshop
• Walking, chalking and talking

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Origin
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Architectural Association Antenna project
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Architectural Association Antenna project
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Architectural Association Antenna project
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Hobo Language
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Previous misadventures in NYC.
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Sketches and beer
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Sketches and beer
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Introducing the LazyWeb
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Introducing the LazyWeb
Diagram, after Clay Shirky, Shirky.com
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Introducing the LazyWeb
Diagram, after Clay Shirky, Shirky.com
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The 30-minute meme plan.
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Symbols
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The initial symbol designs
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Anthropomorphic?
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Spread
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Connectors, salesmen, mavens
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Hyperconnected salesmen
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Hyperconnected salesmen
Doc.weblogs.com
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Hyperconnected salesmen
Boingboing.net
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Wireless, graffiti, secret decoder rings
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oblaat
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oblaat
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2 days later
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The lazyweb pays off
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Real conversation, real contributions
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Real conversation, real contributions
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Real conversation, real contributions
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Real conversation, real contributions
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Real conversation, real contributions
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That whole psychogeography thing
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That whole psychogeography thing
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Evidence
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Evidence
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Evidence
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Evidence
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Spoofs Spinoffs
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Spoofs Spinoffs
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Spoofs Spinoffs
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Meet the press.
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Arrgh.
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Yay!
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Hmmm
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Hmmm
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Heh.
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Problems
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Blogworld/realworld
Warchalking is the coolest thing that no-one is
actually doing
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FBI hoist by my own Oblaat!
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Fountainhead
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Rheingold/Smartmobs/Nash/Cooperation with
strangers
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Real problems
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Public good?
Am I damaging community efforts I wanted to raise
awareness of
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Do as you would be done by
Would I like it if I was warchalked againstmy
will?
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memenuked
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Future
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Bryant Park full circle
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Estonia
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Structure for partcipation
Diagram, after Clay Shirky, Shirky.com
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Thanks!

• Hope it was useful/interesting
• http//www.blackbeltjones.com/presentations/eyebea
  m/

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questions?
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Lets Warchalk!
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Format

• Split into groups
• Go find some nearby open nodes and chalk em )(
• Things to think about
• Do as you would be done by
• Record them?
• About 20 minutes???
• Come back and discuss
• Drink?