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When Strangers Meet

04.13.09

Progress: Mass Calling Redial, When Strangers Meet | (0)
I've been working on a program (in Asterisk) that will call display phones in retail stores all at once (or whole tables at once). When a curious someone answers the phone, the patch will initiate another slew of phone calls to another local retailer. Once the two strangers are on the phone, the call is conferenced. These calls will be recorded and uploaded to a url. Borrowing my classmates' phones, here is some progress to call whole tables of phones. Thanks to Liangjie for help with editing Shawn Van Every's PHP code. Mass Calling with Asterisk from mike k on Vimeo.
02.17.09

Swerdloffing on Houston When Strangers Meet | Comments Off on Swerdloffing on Houston
For our second assignment observing the public, we were to determine the rules of our setting. Set at the Whole Foods Foodcourt on Houston street, John focused on recurrent behavior he saw among occupants. I focused on how the space influenced its occupants. Good work John. Valentine’s Day 2009 The Whole Foods on Houston is very immersive in quality, unlike any other locations I’ve visited. The second floor has the quality of an exclusive indoor mall, much like Chelsea Market. With its surplus of floor-space there are home goods, as well as apparel, for sale at prices ...
01.27.09

My People-Hunting Hat When Strangers Meet | (0)
Observing Strangers Whole Foods, Union Square Jan 26, 2009 Choice of Location: The food court on the upper level of Whole Foods is great people watching territory. There is always a variety of foreign and local, students and professionals, the boisterous and the introverted, and all usually agreeable. I seldom run into people, so my studies are uninterrupted. If I stood on the sidewalk, I’m sure it would be quite the opposite. The eating area is far less chaotic than the waiting line suggests, five abreast, coiling around through the aisles. It’s a great rendezvous, as there’s usually seating, and no moderation of outside ...