Yeah, +1 for interestingness - been watching Stickybits for a while - it'll be interesting to see where it goes.
The thing which concerns me about these approaches is they are all tied to one particular technology - either QR or barcode or something else. It always seemed to me that Sterlings' vision (articulated in a typically Bruce-like way in the excellent "Shaping Things" - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shaping-Things-Mediawork-Pamphlet-Sterling/dp/0262693267) was more about the conceptual approach of the Internet Of Things, i.e. connecting *any* kind of unique identifier "out here in the world" to a related (web) resource. Tying it to a particular technology (and definitely one which requires a download/install) seems to me to be a bit of a red herring.
I'm with Frankie on the particular slant that Stickybits takes, though: the interesting thing is allowing anyone to attach content to the resource. Strikes me there is huge potential for this kind of approach in a cultural heritage setting.
Cheers
Mike
Ps. As it happens, I'm currently working on a simple demonstrator in my own time which is more a kind of "framework" approach to this. If anything interesting comes of it, I'll ping the list... :-)
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tristan Roddis
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Subject: Re: Sticky Bits
Interesting.
It sounds like a commercial version of http://www.talesofthings.com/
(also has a blog at http://fields.eca.ac.uk/totem I think), with the
added ability to attach to existing barcodes instead of having to
provide your own for everything. I like the way it does product lookups
like Google Goggles.
All this brings us closer to Bruce Sterling's concept of the 'spime'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spime or his speech at
http://boingboing.net/images/blobjects.htm or a blog post I wrote a
while ago at http://www.cogapp.com/blog/bring-spimes ) - which is where
things start to get really fun!
-T.
On 29/06/2010 17:02, Frankie Roberto wrote:
> There's been a low-level buzz around 'QR' codes (and other such proprietary
> and non-proprietary 2D barcodes) and museums for ages, but I've never really
> been convinced by them, mainly because the primary use-case seems to have
> been "get some more information/media about the object in front of you",
> which is pretty much what a museum label/kiosk already does.
>
> However, I think I may finally have been convinced of an interesting use for
> these barcodes. Enter Sticky Bits: http://www.stickybits.com/
>
> In short, the interesting thing about Sticky Bits, which is a mobile phone
> application and web service, is that it layers public commentary and
> annotation on top of EXISTING barcodes (eg on books, products, or any
> existing 2d barcode). Basically, it uses the barcode simply as an
> identifier, rather than as a link to a website.
>
> Have a play - I'll be interested to know what people think. I'm not sure
> how many museums on here have experimented with adding QR/barcodes next to
> their objects, but if there are any, why not see how this might work with
> your existing system?
>
> Frankie
>
>
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