{"id":324,"date":"2005-08-30T14:58:35","date_gmt":"2005-08-30T14:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/ifbookblog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2005-08-30T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2005-08-30T14:58:35","slug":"treasuremytext_a_networked_sms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureofthebook.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/30\/treasuremytext_a_networked_sms\/","title":{"rendered":"treasuremytext: a networked SMS book"},"content":{"rendered":"

treasuremytext<\/a> is a free British service that allows you to save text messages from your phone to the web on an anonymous, communal log, or “slog.” Recent messages appear in a column on the main site where they can be read by all and sundry, subscribed to by feed, and even loaded onto an iPod as plain text files. jill\/txt<\/a> has a transcript from about two weeks back:<\/p>\n

trying to convince myself that there was nothing there but i still find myself thinking about you
\nnight nimet . . . . i miss you
\nHow about sorting that taxi out for next week? For real?
\nOk smart arse when you are there then! And then i will fix your issues for you, all of them!
\nU have beautifull eyes
\nDont ring ill b down bout halfpast babes
\nMe to hes just arrived txt u l8r baby
\nNite nite xxx
\nNite nite fat sexy bum.Txt u tomoz nite nite xxxx<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not exactly prize-winning stuff, but has a nice dreamy flow of chatter plucked out of the air. Reminds me a bit of a game I played in elementary school where you go around a circle and improvise a story in broken-off pieces. Reading the site today, the entries seem to have taken on a smuttier tone. And a good number aren’t in English. But an intriguing experiment nonetheless.
\nBut it would be more interesting if the logs had some focus. Something like the City Chromosomes<\/a> project, which is building a networked chronicle of the city of Antwerp, all by SMS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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