Repurposing Bits and Pieces of the Digital
summary
An app called Delete by Haiku turns selected old SMS into three-line poems by dragging messages into a Haiku bin and repeatedly pinching to trigger a randomized assembly algorithm; users filter by date, thread, or message and can recycle the result back into the original conversation. Eight workshop participants test cut-up and burning techniques; the system intentionally injects chance, treats private message pools as little big data, and successfully generates readable haiku while deleting originals.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to repurposing
- 1:56Up-cycling in design
- 4:05Delete by Haiku project
- 7:54Workshop insights
- 11:15Design directions
- 15:40Human-scale data practices
- 16:01Q&A session
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