MetaTagging on Adam’s Block!
Posted: December 8th, 2008 | Author: chris arkenberg | Filed under: ape dynamics, cool tech | 1 Comment »This is kinda blowing my mind. Adam’s Block has gotten a ton of local and national (international?) press in the last week. Adam Jackson’s pair of webcams capturing the daily & nightly life of the San Francisco Tenderloin is becoming the latest booming media channel.
I just tuned in and now, in the middle of the intersection, framed in optimal view of the camera, is a white spray paint tag: WKT. A tagger has meta-tagged Adam’s Block. Whoever did it was painting the ground but is advertising to the web. There are far more people watching that intersection than the locals. With viewers come advertisers of all stripes. Everyone wants to be seen and heard. This totally up’s the ante of post-reality tv and redefines the very notion of space.
This is just the start. Expect more street art, performance theater, protests, and outright corporate advertising to invade the short stretch of Taylor St. The value of this dirty chunk of SF has just gone up exponentially. Adam’s Block is a hole in the wall between The Cloud and The Street, helping forge that new land where the two are indistinguishable.
There’s something really significant happening here…
Unfortunately, Adam was embroiled in great Tenderloin intrigue when he started receiving death threats. So the Adam’s Block cam has been shut down (while he moves to a different hood). He’s now setting up OurBlock.tv: “This is the future site of a global network of webcams. We are running this in an effort to make a difference in the world. You can signup to stream your block very soon.”