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July 23, 2003
Flash Mob News from Minnesota, Texas, Austria
Minneapolis organizers put together an event (or rather, a series of events staged in different locations) at a huge shopping mall. Participant turnout was estimated at 50, but perhaps reduced secrecy about the next Minneapolis event will spur a larger crowd? New flash mobs are brewing in Vienna, Austria and in Dallas. (Here's an English version of the Austrian flash mob page, as automatically translated by babelfish.altavista.com. Flash mobs are a widespread phenomenon now with lots of people around the world taking part, so from now on when I mention flash mobs I’m going to focus on the most compelling flash mob coverage and opinion. For more exhaustive listings of the numerous local flash mob announcements, groups, sites and press coverage, check out flashmob.info, where anyone can sign up for an account and submit mob news or a link to a new mob group, or mob(b)log, whose creator "Alex" is doing a good job of listing media coverage but strangely fails to provide any way to reach him or to comment on his postings. In the meantime, Rob Zazueta is designing a site to make it easier for people to organize what he calls "flocks;" it's not done yet but you can keep track of it at flocksmart.com. Thanks for the resources, people! (By the way; have you seen The Word Spy's entry for the term "flash mob?") Posted by sean at July 23, 2003 05:18 PM | TrackBack (0)Comments
The first flash mob in Austria will take place tomorrow: Meeting point 25.7.2003 15:00 in Vienna, Tram Station 'Volkstheater'. As soon as there is more information it will be posted on flashmob.twoday.net Posted by: lex on July 24, 2003 07:14 AMhey there, news from austria : the first austrian flashmob will be held tommorow afternoon in vienna. here's the website : http://flashmob.neuromance.net/ (in german) happy flashmobbing, kingmob Posted by: kingmob on July 24, 2003 10:09 AMRex at http://www.fimoculous.com/ has a good review and photos of the first Minneapolis Mob event. I want to thank Rex for taking part and providing an indepth review! MM Posted by: MinneapolisMob on July 24, 2003 04:37 PMthe first flashmob in Vienna, Austria took place about an hour ago. here are some pictures and a video of the event. Posted by: lex on July 25, 2003 07:50 AMWe are starting a flash mob in Portland Oregon. Visit the site to get on the list. http://www.pdxflashmob.com Posted by: Darren on July 27, 2003 08:05 PMHouston needs one Posted by: Lee on August 6, 2003 12:17 AMIf you haven't heard of flash mobs, they are large groups of people that show up in a public place at a specific moment and perform synchronized actions for a short period of time, then quickly disperse. The intention of this is simply to have fun and make passersby stop and go, "Wait, what the hell was that?" If you would like to be part of the first known flash mob in Portland, please go to this site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PDXFM and join the group. You will receive further information by way of email through the group. Please send this message to everyone that you know. Posted by: roger on August 12, 2003 03:33 PMHas anyone heard anything about a possible flash mob in oklahoma? I would really appreciate any information on it if so. ty Posted by: Jenn on August 13, 2003 04:28 AMWhen I went to the Portland site it said you needed to get an invitation to be put on the list. How in the heck do you get an invitation? Anyone? Posted by: Deborah on August 13, 2003 11:07 AMThe OK flash mob is going down on thursday. Goto http://www.richstevens.com/NAKED.swf for info! Posted by: Alex P on August 13, 2003 01:07 PMHow can I find out about any flash mobs Los Angeles? Posted by: Carl on August 17, 2003 03:28 PMPost a comment
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