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I see the value prop though. At parties, weddings, events etc, where you'd likely be in a picture, you'd wanna see what everyone else shot. Haven't you been to

I see the value prop though. At parties, weddings, events etc, where you'd likely be in a picture, you'd wanna see what everyone else shot. Haven't you been to a party where everybody took pics and you couldn't wait till they uploaded the pics on FB or something to see what they shot?

nradov 15y ago
No I've never felt like that at a party. What's the point of being at the party if you're going to spend half the time with your smart phone in front of your face looking at pictures someone took 10ft away? It just seems completely lame and pointless.
- roel_v 15y ago
  To be honest though, it seems that young people are doing just that. (I'm 31 so an old geezer and I don't know wtf these crazy kids nowadays all do exactly, it's just that when I walk back from my office to home through the bar area in my city, I see many people frolicking about with their phones, taking pictures and doing things with it that suggest it's more than just sms'ing. Also I sometimes see small groups of people standing together, each of them doing things on their phones. It's surreal to me, but if that's how they use their phones...)
mindcrime 15y ago
Honestly, I'm not a very photo oriented person, and I despise having my picture taken (I'm always blinking, or have one eye half open or am making a stupid face, or something right when the shutter clicks)... so it's not something that I personally would get much out of. That said, I think you're right... for some people it does have value. Whether or not it has enough value, and an accompanying business model, to build a successful business, is TBD.
- abbasmehdi 15y ago
  I think people are mistakenly equating "poor exection" with "bad idea". And come on, your pictures don't come out THAT bad: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071126170543/uncyclopedia/images/8/83/Frank_caliendo_weird_face.jpg http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071126170543/uncyclo...
ghiculescu 15y ago
It might be slightly useful but I can't see myself ever paying for the opportunity to see the photos a few hours before they'd appear on FB. So it might be slightly useful to some people, but that's hardly a business model.
- abbasmehdi 15y ago
  Twitter?
- ctide 15y ago
  Are you paying for Facebook now? How is that even relevant?
  - kiiski 15y ago
    What? He didn't say anything about paying for Facebook. He was speaking about Color.
    - ctide 15y ago
      And Color costs the same amount as Facebook.
    - ThomPete 15y ago
      Its relevant because the question is not whether you should pay money but whether color can make money on you. If you are not paying for the product you are the product.
    - SimHacker 15y ago
      You're paying with your time, which you're wasting. And that is much more precious than money.
potatolicious 15y ago
> "Haven't you been to a party where everybody took pics and you couldn't wait till they uploaded the pics on FB or something to see what they shot?" yes, but I'm at the party for the party - I have no intention of spending the entire party staring into my smartphone and living vicariously through the pictures of the lives of people ten feet away from me.
- nl 15y ago
  This isn't necessarily true. Have you seen how much people spend, and how much trouble they go to for wedding photos?
  - ojbyrne 15y ago
    But typically those are taken with SLRs, which still take better pictures than phones or point & shoots, especially in low light. Plus they are still the only way (with a big lens) to get the shallow depth of field that people like.
  - potatolicious 15y ago
    Wedding photos are still admired after the fact. There still isn't a use case for "hmm, I wonder what images people are taking within a 100' radius of me!".
    - btilly 15y ago
      There is a use case for, "I wonder what images were taken within 100' of me!" If the app is on, and tracking photos that were taken, then can resolve it after the fact (and get those photos), I think a lot of people would be interested.
      - potatolicious 15y ago
        Wouldn't that be in Facebook's territory? i.e., "Hey Facebook, I took these pictures at Bob's wedding. Based on the geotag, can you show me other pictures from nearby at the same time?" It seems convoluted (not to mention a gigantic drag on your battery life) to do so on each and every device in real-time.
Splines 15y ago
There's a certain amount of novelty in seeing what pictures other people took who were once standing where you were. Imagine seeing what your neighbourhood looked like 50 years ago. Now, whether or not Color is the best place for that to happen, I don't know.
- arethuza 15y ago
  If I want to see pictures taken by other people of a particular location I just use this: http://www.geograph.org.uk/ http://www.geograph.org.uk/
PakG1 15y ago
On that wedding note... http://blogmaverick.com/2010/09/10/the-fan-experience-at-sporting-events-never-look-down/ http://blogmaverick.com/2010/09/10/the-fan-experience-at-spo...
jcromartie 15y ago
What are you going to do? Stand up at the mic and say "They're a wonderful couple aren't they? Congratulations. Now, could you all please start up the Color photo sharing app on your smartphone, or download it from the Apple App Store or Android Marketplace if you don't already have it? I'd like to see the pictures you are taking RIGHT NOW. Thanks."
jasonlotito 15y ago
> Haven't you been to a party where everybody took pics and you couldn't wait till they uploaded the pics on FB or something to see what they shot? During the party? No. Never. And I go to a fair share of events and weddings. Normally at parties, we eat, talk, have fun, take pictures for later, take videos, dance, dance some more, drink, drink some more, run after the kids, eat, dance, and talk. I'm not staring at my phone hoping that someone sitting at the other table across from me or across the room is going to share a picture of an even I just saw from another angle. Now, let's say we are at an event where I'm not with people I know. Rather, I'm with a few friends or family, and we are doing things. Again, we'll be doing things. Taking pictures, videos, and doing things. Having fun. I'm probably not staring at my phone hoping someone uploads something at the even I'm currently attending. To show me something I could have seen if I wasn't staring at my phone. I could meet this person. They obviously have the same interest as me: the event, where many other people are. The only other similar interest we share is that we both are using the same mobile app. Oh, and we also prefer looking at our phone rather than hang with our friends. Or we are there alone trying to make friends. So yeah, I think I found the arget market that would get the most use out of it. People without friends interested in going to events, not actually participating in them, but taking pictures in between staring at their mobile phone waiting for someone else to take a picture as well. And maybe meeting up. And talking about the app. Maybe I"m just getting old.

nradov 15y ago

No I've never felt like that at a party. What's the point of being at the party if you're going to spend half the time with your smart phone in front of your face looking at pictures someone took 10ft away? It just seems completely lame and pointless.

roel_v 15y ago
To be honest though, it seems that young people are doing just that. (I'm 31 so an old geezer and I don't know wtf these crazy kids nowadays all do exactly, it's just that when I walk back from my office to home through the bar area in my city, I see many people frolicking about with their phones, taking pictures and doing things with it that suggest it's more than just sms'ing. Also I sometimes see small groups of people standing together, each of them doing things on their phones. It's surreal to me, but if that's how they use their phones...)

mindcrime 15y ago

Honestly, I'm not a very photo oriented person, and I despise having my picture taken (I'm always blinking, or have one eye half open or am making a stupid face, or something right when the shutter clicks)... so it's not something that I personally would get much out of. That said, I think you're right... for some people it does have value. Whether or not it has enough value, and an accompanying business model, to build a successful business, is TBD.

abbasmehdi 15y ago
I think people are mistakenly equating "poor exection" with "bad idea". And come on, your pictures don't come out THAT bad: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071126170543/uncyclopedia/images/8/83/Frank_caliendo_weird_face.jpg http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071126170543/uncyclo...

ghiculescu 15y ago

It might be slightly useful but I can't see myself ever paying for the opportunity to see the photos a few hours before they'd appear on FB. So it might be slightly useful to some people, but that's hardly a business model.

abbasmehdi 15y ago
Twitter?
ctide 15y ago
Are you paying for Facebook now? How is that even relevant?
- kiiski 15y ago
  What? He didn't say anything about paying for Facebook. He was speaking about Color.
  - ctide 15y ago
    And Color costs the same amount as Facebook.
  - ThomPete 15y ago
    Its relevant because the question is not whether you should pay money but whether color can make money on you. If you are not paying for the product you are the product.
  - SimHacker 15y ago
    You're paying with your time, which you're wasting. And that is much more precious than money.

potatolicious 15y ago

> "Haven't you been to a party where everybody took pics and you couldn't wait till they uploaded the pics on FB or something to see what they shot?" yes, but I'm at the party for the party - I have no intention of spending the entire party staring into my smartphone and living vicariously through the pictures of the lives of people ten feet away from me.

nl 15y ago
This isn't necessarily true. Have you seen how much people spend, and how much trouble they go to for wedding photos?
- ojbyrne 15y ago
  But typically those are taken with SLRs, which still take better pictures than phones or point & shoots, especially in low light. Plus they are still the only way (with a big lens) to get the shallow depth of field that people like.
- potatolicious 15y ago
  Wedding photos are still admired after the fact. There still isn't a use case for "hmm, I wonder what images people are taking within a 100' radius of me!".
  - btilly 15y ago
    There is a use case for, "I wonder what images were taken within 100' of me!" If the app is on, and tracking photos that were taken, then can resolve it after the fact (and get those photos), I think a lot of people would be interested.
    - potatolicious 15y ago
      Wouldn't that be in Facebook's territory? i.e., "Hey Facebook, I took these pictures at Bob's wedding. Based on the geotag, can you show me other pictures from nearby at the same time?" It seems convoluted (not to mention a gigantic drag on your battery life) to do so on each and every device in real-time.

Splines 15y ago

There's a certain amount of novelty in seeing what pictures other people took who were once standing where you were. Imagine seeing what your neighbourhood looked like 50 years ago. Now, whether or not Color is the best place for that to happen, I don't know.

arethuza 15y ago
If I want to see pictures taken by other people of a particular location I just use this: http://www.geograph.org.uk/ http://www.geograph.org.uk/

PakG1 15y ago

On that wedding note... http://blogmaverick.com/2010/09/10/the-fan-experience-at-sporting-events-never-look-down/ http://blogmaverick.com/2010/09/10/the-fan-experience-at-spo...

jcromartie 15y ago

What are you going to do? Stand up at the mic and say "They're a wonderful couple aren't they? Congratulations. Now, could you all please start up the Color photo sharing app on your smartphone, or download it from the Apple App Store or Android Marketplace if you don't already have it? I'd like to see the pictures you are taking RIGHT NOW. Thanks."

jasonlotito 15y ago

> Haven't you been to a party where everybody took pics and you couldn't wait till they uploaded the pics on FB or something to see what they shot? During the party? No. Never. And I go to a fair share of events and weddings. Normally at parties, we eat, talk, have fun, take pictures for later, take videos, dance, dance some more, drink, drink some more, run after the kids, eat, dance, and talk. I'm not staring at my phone hoping that someone sitting at the other table across from me or across the room is going to share a picture of an even I just saw from another angle. Now, let's say we are at an event where I'm not with people I know. Rather, I'm with a few friends or family, and we are doing things. Again, we'll be doing things. Taking pictures, videos, and doing things. Having fun. I'm probably not staring at my phone hoping someone uploads something at the even I'm currently attending. To show me something I could have seen if I wasn't staring at my phone. I could meet this person. They obviously have the same interest as me: the event, where many other people are. The only other similar interest we share is that we both are using the same mobile app. Oh, and we also prefer looking at our phone rather than hang with our friends. Or we are there alone trying to make friends. So yeah, I think I found the arget market that would get the most use out of it. People without friends interested in going to events, not actually participating in them, but taking pictures in between staring at their mobile phone waiting for someone else to take a picture as well. And maybe meeting up. And talking about the app. Maybe I"m just getting old.