Nathan Medford

Digital Patina

Digital Patina

The Daily commute

Every day millions of people spend time waiting at train stations, airports and foyers with nothing to do. Rather than communicate with each other they take out their phones and iPods and encase themselves in their own bubble.

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What if we could merge the digital personas that people have with their physical lives? What if there was a way to show this data in the location it was posted. Could this be the answer to those solitary waiting rooms?

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Welcome to digital patina

Digital Patina is an iphone app that gathers people's social network feeds, flickr stream, twitpics and ipod playlists then colour codes it and superimposes the data onto the landscape around you.

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Move your iPhone around the environment to see the data left behind by fellow commuters

The app

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Start up the App and see the most recent data left behind. This is all data posted by people in that area.

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The longer you stay in that spot, the more data will become available to you. See posts from days, months even years ago, all specific to that location.

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Too Much ?

Too much on screen? Simply let the App know what social feeds you want shown, or specify the time frame you want to appear.

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Then jump right back into the App and see the feeds you selected, come to life.

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Stay in a spot long enough and watch as the data morphs into Digital Dust. Leaving only the colours of the data left behind by fellow users.

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Uses

Every day Dave commutes into London to work at his job as a stockbroker. One day he gets bored at the station and opens up Digital Patina. He starts finding out what's been happening around him, starts looking back in time, he's happy. Until he misses his train that is.

Dave:Stockbroker37

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Uses

Sam works as a club promoter in the city. She has a big act playing at her club in a weeks time and wants to know the best place to advertise. She takes out the Digital Patina app and checks where in the city her act is most popular. The next day she organises advertising space in key locations.

Sam:Club Promoter27