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Helping Strangers Participate through Instructions: Deconstructing the MP3 Experiment

Museum 2.0

For about half an hour, hundreds of people play together, silently, as directed by disembodied voices inside their headphones. In this way, the MP3 experiment is an example of the ways that technological barriers can become benefits by mediating otherwise uncomfortable interactions. He’s not your friend, but he likes you.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices. Vital Voices works with extraordinary women leaders accelerating peace and prosperity in their communities. The American Nicaraguan Foundation is a nonprofit that provides basic needs and tools for people to help stop poverty in Nicaragua. amfAR :: @ amfAR. charity: water :: @ CharityWater.