Deconstructing Postcards
I love sending and receiving postcards 💌
it's a way of feeling connected to people in far
away places in a simple, tangible way.
I was thinking about creating a simple online
platform that allowed us to send digital
postcards to loved ones.
To start off with I am thinking of the elements that make up a postcard and listing the potential digital equivalents.
Front
Image
- could be generated from the personal note
- could be made by sender
- is generated depending on where you are (or your IP address?)
- pick a place on street view
Back
Personal Note
- typed by the person sending the note
- generated (in any language?)
- markov chain from a source text selected by the sender
Receiver's Address
- email address
- phone number
- social media
- comments on a youtube channel
- a "digital postcard" twitter account
Stamp
- the sender system's IP address
- the url of the platform
- the server that allows this to happen