A Poken on your keychain
Posted in Information on March 24, 2009
A Poken is a gadget that stores your social network account information and allows you to connect with other Poken users by simply touching Pokens.
After you’ve connected face-to-face, you just plug your Poken into your computer’s USB port and you’re connected virtually as friends on each other’s virtual social networks.
Pokens are made in Switzerland and to my knowledge I’m the first Poken subscriber in Utah.
I received my first shipment of Pokens yesterday.
This is what they look like.
My friends and colleagues in the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City have already spoken for all but two of my first shipment of Pokens. If you’re interested in purchasing one for $17, please contact me.
The site, Do You Poken, describes how Pokens work.
So my question is . . .
Do you Poken?
So – you go to the Poken website and enter your usernames and passwords for all the social media sites you use. Your data is encrypted and stored in a vault in Switzerland – well, something like that.
That data is stored on your Poken.
When you meet someone else with a Poken, you just touch the hands on the Pokens and a data exchange takes place.
When you go back to your computer, you plug the Poken into your USB port and it automatically connects your two social media profiles. You become friends on Facebook, you follow each other on Twitter, etc.
It automates the process of ‘friending’ someone online.
At least this is my understanding. I still haven’t connected mine yet because of my heavy workload at the moment.
But I’m looking forward to the functionality and the time it’ll save me searching for friends and colleagues on the various social media platforms.
As long as you meet face-to-face, and both have a Poken, you can automate the whole friend thing.
Does this help?
Anyone else out there want to comment on Poken functionality or awesomeness?
As my friend Kung Fu Panda says: “There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.”
K so explain how it works? I understand you plug it in a computer.. but still not understanding..