Futureme.org

2004

Matt Sly (US)
Jay Patrikios (US)
Gunther Schmidl (AT)

What does the future hold in store? Will you have achieved everything you’re dreaming of today? To remind yourself tomorrow of the ideas you have today, you can send an e-mail into the future to yourself!

What would I like to be some day? Will I have a family? Climb high up the career ladder? Will I ever fulfill my dream of becoming a star athlete or a pop singer? Everyone has his/her own dreams and conceptions of what the future holds in store. But when the future arrives some day, will these dreams have been long forgotten or already realized?

Matt Sly and Jay Patrikios have taken their inspiration from a typical school essay theme—“How do you imagine your future?”—and created Futureme.org, a website that enables users to send an e-mail into the future to themselves.

What’s more, since changes take place relatively quickly and frequently in our fast-moving modern-day world—and especially in the field of computer technology—there’s also a built-in management system that lets you change your mailing address at any time to guarantee delivery of the e-mail in the future.

Special Thanks to Matt Sly and Jay Patrikios who make "Futureme.org" available for the Ars Electronica Center.