Project. Mother

Project Mother

Please execute the following actions in succession upon receiving this email:

1. Collect data: your mother’s birthday

If you don’t know your mother’s birthday, figure it out

1. Convert data: convert your mother’s birthday to a time (month to minute, day to second)

Example. October 16th = 10:16

You have the freedom to choose AM or PM

1. Set alarm: set an alarm of this time on your phone

2. Trigger: when this alarm sets off, pause for a minute

Set a 60 second timer, if necessary

No matter what you are doing or saying, stop it

Freeze (even if you are in the middle of a sentence)

1. Think about your mother

2. Then think about a metaphorical action, color, and object

Format as “action.color.object”

Example. licking.navy.satin

1. In the next minute, send an email to tianlanj@andrew.cmu.edu 

Format: 

Your time

Example. 10:16

action.color.object

Example. licking navy satin