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Beautiful examples of the Big Mother spirit (and counter-Big-Brother-paranoia-hysteria) in artwork by Jill Magid

Jill Magid certainly knows how to make beautifull and funny use of mostly idle CCTV and suyrveillance technology. Instead of trying to hide surveillance technology in a naive belief in its discreteness, Magid exploits the pervasive and salient existence of surveillance technology in her projects. For example through her ‘firm’ System Azure, specializing in security technology ornamentation. In her different projects Magid simply turns surveillance technology into somthing beautiful, funny or entertaining. Great stuff! Please visit her websites to see for yourself http://www.systemazure.com/index.html and http://www.evidencelocker.net/

New mobile social-software services, known by the acronym MoSoSos, enables you to manage your social/love life by communicating and receiving information on your whereabouts coupled with your social profile

Wired news reports March 8′th that mobile social services are on the rise. Services such as Dodgeball end Playtxt are becoming an increasingly important tool to manage and enhance the social life of people either finding it hard to address prospect friends or boyfriends directly or simply wanting to boost their social life. The services combines a user profile with dynamic geographical information on the users whereabouts. If there is a match between you social preferences and your present situation, you’ll receive an SMS with prospect friends or boyfriends in the neighborhood. The article illustrate the systems with Diane McGunigle’s success using Dodgeball “I checked in to dodgeball,” she said, and “I got an alert that ‘so-and-so has a crush on you, and he is at X bar, go and say hi.’” she said. So McGunigle went to the bar, and by coincidence, it was the same guy she’d just seen on the subway. Like her, he’d been too shy to make an approach, but not to send a text message”. I now had a valid and less-frightening excuse to meet him,” McGunigle said.” The Dodgeball service both support interests and opinions for friend spotting but also dating services through a ‘crush’ function. Even if the system is only a very gentle example of privacy-disclosure technologies, as users decide themselves if and when take part, is is none the less a good illustration of the beneficiary possibilities in letting others follow your steps and know about your tastes. In fact, these services might even spice up you amorous life with a “treasure-hunting” aspect, if you decide to retrive information on the proximity of prospect social partners with a ‘crush’ on you without knowing their precise identity. The world suddenly lights up with new adventurous dimensions. Link: http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66813,00.html