Open xmatthewx opened 9 years ago
Quick anecdote via @toolness. He observed a person who uses instagram as a tool, but not as a publishing platform as intended. If I remember correctly, they...
Web user with a PhD in sociology who served as tech assistant to other faculty while in grad school. Active on instagram, snapchat, tumblr.
He often finds and re-shares images. He occasionally likes to add text to them. To accomplish that, he...
What tools do people use to manipulate photos and found content? What tools do this within a platform like instagram and between platforms? How do people string together tools to make things beyond the intentions of the tool?
Understanding how people hack the gaps between existing tools & platforms will enable us to make a unique thing that people actually want to use. Mapping these tricks can help us create a tool that cracks the divide between closed and open publishing.
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