Poken: The Future of Social Networking?
http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/12/03/poken-the-future-of-social-networking/#more-418
At a conference about internet and society last week in Amsterdam the first Pokens were given away to participants. A Poken is a small gadget you can keep on your key chain. When touching someone else’s Poken you automatically exchange ‘business cards’ and links to your social network profiles on LinkedIn and Facebook. Is this the future of social networking?
A social networking gadget
Have you ever been in the situation when you’ve met an interesting person at a party and afterwards you tried to find his or her profile on the internet, but you forgot the exact name and you didn’t know where to start searching? In such a situation Poken could have saved you from a lot of trouble: You both grab your Poken, hold them together, they glow their lights and you’re done!
The Poken I was given is orange with flames, and looks a bit aggressive. Luckily there are other designs available too, like a bee or a panda bear. It comes with a little cord you can attach to it, so you can hang it on your key chain or something else you carry with you all the time.
December 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
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