24
2005
Wifipicning (english version)
By Natacha Quester-Séméon, Sacha Quester-Séméon and Tristan Mendès France, internauts and bloggers from Paris fifth arrondissement. 
Paris is the third most WIFIed city in the world. More and more wireless surfers are to be seen with their portable computers in cafés. The distinction between what is the private and what is the public sphere is blurred, and is becoming irrelevant: armed with a phone or a computer it is possible to work, chat, have fun anywhere.
In a society where communication is paramount, where individualism is king, never have we been more lonely. Lonely to such an extent that more and more people are turning to those encounter sites on internet as an answer to the lack of real relationships.
Some interesting initiatives have recently arisen that could mark the end of this isolation. New York invented the Flash Mobs, London initiated Mobile clubbing. In both cases people who didnt know one another met for a few minutes in a specific area. The idea was fun, but a bit frustrating if you really wanted to meet someone.
That is why we decided to add our “French touch” and propose a new concept : Wifipicning (Wifi picnicking).
Here is the idea : A group of people meet at a specific time and place with a wifi enabled computer to create a live chat room. A local link between the wifipicnickers will make it possible to mix real and virtual chatting. Each person will thus be able to get in contact with all the others, creating real relationships between the wifipicnickers. At last bringing down the barrier between IRL and IVL.
The first ever Wifipicning will take place in Paris on the 31st of May around 6:30 PM on France’s “Neighbourhood’s day“.
And what do you know, this was thought up by 3 real neighbours…
Paris fifth arrondissement
natacha@memoire-vive.org - sacha@memoire-vive.org - tristao@memoire-vive.org
Our blogs:
memoire-vive.org
mendes-france.com
About us :
http://www.european-neighbours-day.com/
http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2005/05/25/wifipicning_wi.html
le Mercredi 25 mai 2005 à 17:29
Wifipicning: WiFi socializing in Paris
Parisian bloggers Natacha Quester-Séméon, Sacha Quester-Séméon and Tristan Mendès France propose a new kind of smart mob, which they call Wifipicning (English version). See also Version Française: Paris is the third most WIFIed city in the world…
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