Comments on: Other examples of "Tag and Release" Sites/Projects (Geocaching, Bookcrossing, etc.)?

Question: Other examples of "Tag and Release" Sites/Projects (Geocaching, Bookcrossing, etc.)?

Jim Biancolo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:57:24 -0800

I was thinking about "tag and release" projects/sites, where you basically leave something for a stranger to find, and came up with four off the top of my head: Geocaching, Disposable cameras on park benches, Bookcrossing, and Photochaining. Are there other examples? Thanks!

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:05:56 -0800

Letterboxing is pretty similar to Geocaching, but is not nearly as new or technological.

By: jeb

jeb — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:06:14 -0800

The 1000 Journals Project. Where's George.

By: lizbunny

lizbunny — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:10:53 -0800

Moneytrackers - Canada, Australia ---> I've come across bills here in Canada with the website stamped on them for you to go onto a website and log the bill's location/date, it was pretty neat - tracked how money travels around the country.

By: cocoagirl

cocoagirl — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:14:59 -0800

Around Boston we (used to) leave mix CDs in the Zipcars. I haven't rented in a while so I don't know if people still do this.

By: vytae

vytae — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:28:08 -0800

Postcrossing lets you sign up to receive and send postcards to strangers all over the world. It's not quite as random as the examples you listed, but it has a similar feel.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:30:09 -0800

It's not really a "project" as such, but people have often been known to leave their own secrets inserted between the pages of PostSecret books in bookstores and libraries.

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:04:04 -0800

Time capsules and messages in bottles are a couple of entries in the old fashioned category.

By: 7segment

7segment — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:26:08 -0800

The Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronics Junk

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:12:18 -0800

I, too was going to suggest messages in bottles. I found one once, responded to the kid who first sent it off (in a river in Georgia), added my own message, then put it in the Atlantic the next time I visited. Never heard back about it, though.

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:24:23 -0800

In terms of design Carl Sagan's plaque as fitted to the Pioneer space probes is interesting - in that its intended audience is extraterrestrial.

By: Jade Dragon

Jade Dragon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:18:41 -0800

There's a more popular Canadian money tracking system known as WheresWilly.com, as the name of the Prime Minister on the Canadian $5 bill is Sir Wilfred Laurier, hence the name "Willy"... It is the sister site to the American WheresGeorge.com, which is based on George Washington.