Mon 28 Sep 2009
When people come to my wedding, I want them to think “this is freaking high tech!” Just kidding, but what I don’t want them to think is, “%^&# another freaking long line to wait in.” If you went to the Leonardo in SLC for the Body Worlds exhibit last year, you saw a perfect solution for crowd-sourcing queue entertainment– a 30 foot projection of an animated skeleton triggered by received text messages. The tech magic was created by a company called txtualhealing, but it’s no big feat and can be easily replicated– which is what I intend on doing. At the Rachel and Ryan wedding reception, you’ll see a slideshow-ish projection with nifty engagement photos but along the side of those photos will be moderated marriage advice texted in BY YOU as you stand in line. It will be great. Just you wait and see!
Some of you have heard that we’re filming a short movie to show at the reception as well. That’s true. It will be awesome. And in French (with subtitles). And produced by TimberShark Media. Stay tuned.
For the technical readers, the text-your-wedding-advice app will be a PHP/AJAX tied into a google-voice account (via the unofficial API). Yes, Google bought GrandCentral. Yes, Google taking over the world. Yes, our reception will be da bomb.
That sounds like the most awesome thing in the world!