The StoryBox is a digital time capsule I took on a 15,000 mile trip around the USA and Canada in 2011. Based on the PirateBox technology developed originally by NYU professor David Darts, it is a self-contained digital exchange that advertises itself via a local ad hoc wireless network. People in the vicinity have the ability to anonymously share and download digital content but since it is not on the Internet, the only place to interact with it is while in its vicinity. The idea of it here is (1) to contribute digital artifacts which capture a sense of place and “now” and (2) explore what happens or what one can make of a collecting or examining a collection of media with no context.

See Storybox sightings for my other experiences with this idea.

What Should I Share?

This of course is where it gets interesting. The goal of the Storybox is to collect media that somehow represents "now" in the place you live and work and play. What sorts of things give a clue to a future person who might come across this time capsule? What can it do to show the way of life today?

As some suggestions, here are a few general types of questions. Feel free to modify or use your own. Don't like them? Generate new ones!

Ahem, You Are Sharing Freely and Giving it All Away

I am asking you to share and give away everything you put on here with no attribution possible or rights- you are trusting it to me. Please do not upload something that you did not create.

If you don't like these ridiculous conditions, then please disconnect and have a nice day. I admit by asking you to share in anonymity, I won't be able to give you credit.

I'm Ready!

Most excellent! Figure out what kind of media you can share.