Facebook Camera
While I think this is a cool idea, I wish Facebook would just make there standard application work properly. Facebook should have one application that does everything. At current count they 4 - Facebook, Messenger, Page Manager, and Camera. The only apps that make sense to me are Facebook and Page Manager everyone else shoulde built into a streamlined Facebook app.It’s about time. I know this seems a bit crazy given the recent (but not yet completed) Instagram purchase. But I had heard a few weeks ago that the app was really close to being done.
Remember, the Instagram deal was done very quickly by Zuckerberg himself. I imagine they figured there was no point scrapping all the work this team was doing — at first glance, the app looks great — especially since the plan is to let Instagram operate mostly autonomously. And again, the Instagram deal isn’t done just yet (but it will get done).
Source: parislemon
What's the Next Instagram?
Technology Review has a good write-up of a variety video-gram apps (aka instagram like video apps). While I think these apps are the next step for mobile sharing, I don’t really think the infrastructure exists to support them yet.
People like instagram for a lot of reasons, primarily ease of use and upload time. The upload time and ease of use on video-gram apps is horrendous. Until these two things are improved, I doubt video-gram apps will really take hold. I also believe that the developer that solves these issues will win over its competitor.
Core iOS apps being replaced, one at a time
The home screen on my iPhone has changed quite a bit over the years.
The most obvious thing is Apple’s very own core apps have been replaced by 3rd parties.
The default camera app has been replaced by Camera+, Hipstamatic and Instagram
The default notes app has been replaced by Simplenote
The default messenger app has been replaced by Kik
The default calendar app has been replaced by Calvetica
The default music app has been replaced by exfm, soundcloud and rdio
The default mail client has been replaced by Sparrow
There will always be competition between the platform supplier and the ecosytem. This tension is normal and healthy to some extent, as long as the platform keeps innovating and growing. For example, Apple came out with an Instapaper competitor with Reading List. But that only pushed Marco to come out with strong Instapaper updates.
Apple launched iBooks & Newstand to compete with the Kindle app. But Kindle is still much more compelling.
The next step I’d like to see as iOS matures is a way for the ecosystem to get more access.
For example, when I swipe right from the home page, i want to replace Apple’s search with Duck Duck Go. Or when I click on an email address on a webpage, I want it to open Sparrow instead of Apple’s mail client. When I click on a phone number in an app, I want it to open Google Voice, not Apple’s native dialer. When I see a beautiful photo, let me share it to Tumblr and any other app I love.
Developers deserve that access and consumers deserve that choice.
Android has done an excellent job at giving 3rd parties equal capabilities on their platform. That’s the thing they got right - even much more than the much hyped openness of Google’s “open” app store model vs Apple’s controlled app store model.
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In a Crane at 1,100 Feet, There Is No Room for Error
Amazing NY Times interview with a crane operator building the New World Trade Center.
MySpace Ghost Town
A very funny read.
3T: TED Talk Tuesday - TEDxConcordiaUPortland - Joe Smith - How To Use One Paper Towel (via John Gruber)
You use paper towels to dry your hands every day, but chances are, you’re doing it wrong. In this enlightening and funny short talk at TEDxConcordiaUPortland, Joe Smith reveals the trick to perfect paper towel technique.Joe Smith is an active figure in the Oregon community and a powerful advocate for proper paper towel use.
3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Every Tuesday, I present for your viewing pleasure some of the best TED Talks I’ve found online. View all 3T posts here.
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This is the true story… of seven strangers… picked to live in a house…work together and have their lives taped… to find out what happens… when people stop being polite… and start getting real…The Real World.
