Today we used Jonathan’s Starbucks Card to get Kaitlyn a free Iced Caramel Macchiato. More about the project:
Hi! I’m Jonathan Stark. You can download this picture of my Starbucks card to your phone and buy coffee at Starbucks with it. Seriously. My card gets charged, you don’t. Details are here.
If you’re feeling generous, you can also add money to my Starbucks card by doing this and enjoy some serious good karma.
Jonathan’s Card is an experiment in social sharing of physical goods using digital currency on mobile phones. I stumbled on the idea while doing research for a blog post about Broadcasting Mobile Currency.
Based on the similarity to the “take a penny, leave a penny” trays at convenience stores in the US, I’ve adopted a similar “get a coffee, give a coffee” terminology for Jonathan’s Card.
Also worth checking out The Atlantic’s post: Charting a High-Tech ‘Get a Coffee, Give a Coffee’ Experiment
Update: There’s now an article on CNN about it.
Such a rad idea. I am all about these social projects revolving around the idea of common decency. Life is so much easier when you can inherently trust people.
Source: gtmcknight
