A new mosaic! Now there are 49 hands (yes, I did not write about the 36 before…) and a new feature. Webcam upload. I think it makes it much easier to upload pictures of hands on http://5050box.com/hands.
To give it a try just go to ‘webcam upload’, fill out the fields if you want and press ‘take picture’ to activate the 3 seconds self-timer.
Credits for the webcam feature go to Kevin Musselman. His code to access the webcam with Flash saved me some time… Thanks.
I have just read on Twitter that YouTube raised $10.000 for charity:water. In ONE day!
Charity:water joined the YouTube NonProfit programme and was featured on the YouTube homepage to commemorate World Water Day. Non-Profits can add the newly introduced “Call to Action” feature to their videos, an overlay that leads to the charity’s donations page. This way charity: water raised $10.000 in just one day. Good!
In case you are interested in the programme I wrote about Google and YouTube for Non-profits last month. As it seems this programme became even more attractive and hopefully will be expanded to help charities in other countries too.
Here is the video from charity: water.
If you want to donate to charity: water just follow the link to their website or donate directly on 5050box.com. On the right sidebar is a donation button that will lead you directly to charity: water’s Paypal donation account.
The mosaic is growing. The first 25 hands are online on http://5050box.com/hands. Nice!
I am not really sure but there might be a coloured version of it too…
During the last two weekends I have built another (micro-)site:
The 5050box // hands project.
It is just a fun project. On this site I want to collect 5050 hands to create a huge mosaic. As soon as 5050 pictures of hands are uploaded a limited edition of the finished mosaic will be sold. 100% of the profit will be donated to support charities.
I came up with the idea a while ago and thought it might be nice to visualize hands working together creating something big. Hand in hand. Just like I have mentioned in the video intro on 5050box that “5050box is also in your hands” it is the same with this project. I need helping hands: Your hands!
Just take a picture of your hands and upload it to http://5050box.com/hands. Thank you!
Behind the site is a tiny CMS that enables me to sort out strange pictures and create the mosaic dynamically. It is easy to handle and can be done quickly. So you can watch the mosaic grow every day!
There is also a facebook group for the 5050box // hands project so you can invite your friends to upload their hands too. For more information please visit the hands project information page.
