the power of a connected experience

by Christopher Blizzard

The Hat Rack
The Hat Rack

I want to echo Bryan’s comment about the way that he deals with images on his phone. Since I’ve started using mugshot and flickr and my phone together, the way that I use my phone has changed. It’s fun to use the camera. Before I would just take a picture and it would just sit there unused. Sure, I could txt it to someone else and maybe they could see it on their tiny little screens too but more often than not it lost its meaning.

I’ve encouraged my friends to start adding their flickr accounts to mugshot and now when they take pictures, I get a little popup that lets me see what they have uploaded and a chance to go see it. Also, I can comment on the images from the chat link on the bubble. It’s a great time. I feel suddenly connected to other people via their phones and online personalities. Sounds corny, but something has shifted for me. When Havoc talked about a “live social online experience” back at the Red Hat Summit it didn’t have the kind of impact actually using it on a day to day basis brings.

Also, I have to put this in here.

DEAR MUGSHOT TEAM,

PLEASE PUT TOGETHER A MAC CLIENT.  IT'S REALLY NEEDED TO SO
I CAN TALK TO ALL MY NON-GEEK FRIENDS.

LOVE,
CHRIS