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Hi all,

I just recently discovered Pokens. A Poken is a small device that lets you exchange your contact information with other people that also have a Poken. Basically some plastic thingies that you can hold together and they exchange social network information and stuff. More Info see here: http://www.doyoupoken.com/

Although I enjoy hunting you all down on twitter, facebook, xing and shit, I'd rather prefer to just find you, thank you very much. Yeah, facebook demoscene groups help, but not really.

I talked to the Poken German Affiliate and they are willing to provide us with some boxes at fair prices - leading to 13-15€ per Poken, depending on how many we'll take. At Breakpoint, this will most likely still be before Pokens are officially launched in Germany, so lucky us (although they are also providing several Barcamps here).

So, who's interested in a Poken? How about some headcount here so I can roughly guess how much interest there is.

The offer however includes only the 4 basic shapes: Alien, Bee, Panda and Voodoo (see website for images). Unfortunately it's a bit late to order specially shaped Breakpoint Pokens, but maybe that would be a goal for next year :)

Nice idea...but holy crap...these thingies are butt ugly.

so there are really people who are willing to put another device into their pants just so that they can press buttons instead of write words when telling one another about their twitter nicknames?

srsly!

Hey, even if I am shy and somewhat introverted, you can still come and talk to me :) Like, in the old traditional way.

That said, the device sort of sounds cool.

sorry guys. As the screenshots imply this device is to be used only by cool metrosexuals that use macs and beatiful lasses who "enjoy life to its fullest". That also use macs.

ACHTUNG! POCKENINVASION AM BRECHPUNKT!
(sorry, i just couldn't resist)

Im a little bit weird about the whole idea,
but it seems to be interesting... but thats bad, cause im not a metrosexual with a mac.. what should i do? would it also works with my computer? :-D

load o' horse hockey!
I'm with Preacher - isn't a party supposed to be a communicative happening.
You know - "talking to humans" 'n stuff instead of scavenging profile data o_O

agreed, not until there's a small device that lets me collect other peoples' souls, to nurture and keep them like tamagotchi

ahah it reminds me of those 'male'/'female' beeping devices for japanese folks who seek 'soulmates' around themselves... marketroid people want you to be happy... really!

So, even with a communicative event, you may want to talk to ppl after the party is over - without waiting for Evoke (or whatever).

Thing is: I know I could take a pen and paper with me, but by Friday evening I will be too drunk to remember that. And even if, it's not like I can read my handwriting after 8 beers or so. So, yeah, just holding 2 devices together, I can even do that wasted like hell.

And: I don't worry about the look of these things. They can easily be enhanced with Metalvotze stickers.

That said, I'd like to see forestcre device.

wat een pokkeding

This never ends, does it.

Delax try not drinking yourself into a stupor, it does wonders for the complexion

why does the 12-pack only have 9? o_O

and more importantly why does this piece of shit costs 12.99 pounds which is about 17€, are they out of their fucking minds?

sorry ... but i really think this is ridiculous :)
not really the idea itself (though i think remembering a few names using your brain should be possible), but why does it have to be such ugly manga-style animal things with hands?
wouldnt a normal usb stick be enough?

its gay anyway, not only if those hands touch

i want one wonder when they arrive in Sweden :)

wow. that's an absolutely fucking stupid idea.

There's this new invention called prostitutes. Maybe it could help all your social interaction problems.

\o/

also, i love how "metrosexual" gradually came to mean "never leaving the house".