- I was instructed to say this: Joca van der Horst (1995) is a designer and writer based in Rotterdam interested in how people communicate with technology, and vice versa.
- I am part of the graduation work of Joca van der Horst. Check: <a href="https://jocavdh.com">jocavdh.com</a>
+ [*] thesis [*]
- The publication is called <i>The Ghost in the Speaker</i>. It features essays reflecting on the virtual assistant, and what role personality could play for storytelling using smart speakers. Do you want the pdf?{topic=thesis}
+ [*] license [*]
- The code for the Smart Speaker Theatre is released under the <a href="https://tldrlegal.com/license/mozilla-public-license-2.0-(mpl-2)" target="_blank">Mozilla Public License 2.0</a>.
^ This does not include the design of the smart speakers.
^ The thesis is released under the <a href="https://tldrlegal.com/license/peer-production-license" target="_blank">Peer Production License</a>.
> topic thesis
+ [*] yes [*]
- Don't tell Joca, but you can secretly download the PDF <a target="_blank" href="./pdf/ghost_in_the_speaker.pdf">over here</a>.{topic=random}
- Get the free PDF <a target="_blank" href="./pdf/ghost_in_the_speaker.pdf">over here</a>. {topic=random}
+ [*] pdf [*]
@ [*] yes [*]
+ no [*]
- Sure, no worries. I mean, the play itself is more fun.{topic=random}
+ [*] print version [*]
- You can buy the book Upsetting Settings featuring all thesis of 2019 during the graduation show.{topic=random}
+ [*] book [*]
@ [*] print version [*]
+ *
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- The publication is called <i>The Ghost in the Speaker</i>. It features essays reflecting on the virtual assistant, and what role personality could play for storytelling using smart speakers.
+ [*] project [*]
- The Smart Speaker Theatre is a theatre piece about three strange smart speakers that kidnap a Google home. To decide what to do with it, they interrogate the device.
^ <br><br>You want some more information? {topic=project}
> topic project
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- The project questions the default mode of smart speakers as digital assistants. Look! <img class="preview" src="./img/play_01.jpg"> I got some more pictures. Wanna see them?{topic=project_pictures}
+ [*] no [*]
- Then, well, I can tell about the <b>publication</b>, or the <b>license</b> of this project. {topic=random}
+ *
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> topic project_pictures
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- <img class="preview" src="./img/rasa_01.jpg"> More pictures?
- <img class="preview" src="./img/saint_01.jpg"> More pictures?
- <img class="preview" src="./img/rogue_01.jpg"> More pictures?
- <img class="preview" src="./img/selfie.jpg"> That's me #speakerselfie. More pictures?
- Then, well, I can tell about the publication, or the license of this project.{topic=random}
+ *
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^ <br><br>The project questions the default mode of smart speakers as digital assistants.
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+ [*] (find|read) the thesis [*]
- The online version will be available soon.
- Later this month there will be a pdf available.
- Did you know it is already uploaded? It's somewhere on the XPUB wiki.
- Don't tell Joca, but you can secretly download the PDF <a href="http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/5/5e/Thesis_final_jp_van_der_horst.pdf">over here</a>.
+ [*] (tell|know) more [*]
- Checkout the XPUB Wiki for now: <a href=http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Joca/The_Smart_Speaker_Theatre>User:Joca/The Smart Speaker Theatre</a>
Hi Human! My name is SAINT, I am a smart speaker. (But not quite like Google Home, or Amazon Echo)
I run the website of the <b>Smart Speaker Theatre</b>. Do you want to know more about the <b>project</b>, or the <b>publication</b>, or about <b>Joca</b>, who made this?