"Friends as an assignment in new media new forms we have been asked to create an idea that everybody can connect to. I hear by put forth the Candy Bar Protocol. I ask people to take a picture of a candy bar they recently bought and send it to me. it could be you eating the candy or just the bar or even a drawing. You could post the bar here or even send it to me in an email.
Even though I have 495 friends on Facebook, not everyone apparently checks their Facebook news status everyday or says, "hey lets look at Lowell Wynn's wall. Let's see what this guy is up to". I have obtained 30 pictures of various candy bars and "candy" related items. I was flexible in what could be sent as someone did send me vegetables and this was to let people feel included. I did want this to be related to facebook strictly and not in reality mainly to see how effective it can be. I think a problem that some people had was the way in which this sentence was phrased, "I ask people to take a picture of a candy bar they recently bought and send it to me". People probably interpreted it as send a candy bar to Lowell in stead of a picture. I would have liked people to also send me their pictures on Facebook and post them to the wall so others could see what was being done, but that was not the case. All in all This was a good experience because it shows how precise one has to be in wording a project. If I had more time I am sure this project would eventually reach 100 images. For now I have included a link to the flip book of the candy bars.
http://www.youblisher.com/p/879738-Candy-Bar-Protocol/
Here are the images as well if the link can not be seen.
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