Awesome Box

Brought to you by

Annie Cain acain@law.harvard.edu

Matt Phillips mphillips@law.harvard.edu

Harvard Library Innovation Lab

librarylab.law.harvard.edu

What is it?

How does it work?

Just return an item. To the Awesome Box.

That item gets Awesomed

It ends up here, with the rest of the Awesome stuff

And here

Each Awesome item gets Tweeted

And soon, here

In the library catalog

Anywhere, really

The API allows for content to be displayed wherever, however

Any form

It doesn't have to be a wooden box

How things actually get awesomed

Simple web interface

Simple web interface

Why is this good?

What's so awesome about the Awesome Box?

Started with two boxes

Boxes all across Harvard

Interesting numbers?

People

All these boxes mean all these people

Cardboard

Metal

Wire

USPS

Wood box from Barker Cabinet

Print

Metal

Arduino

Felt

Box + Sign

Next steps

Call for participation

Talk to us

hvrd.me/awesomebox

Annie Cain acain@law.harvard.edu      Matt Phillips mphillips@law.harvard.edu

Harvard Library Innovation Lab librarylab.law.harvard.edu