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Hi there! I started Shoeboxify a few months ago after leaving my job at Apple last winter. I am seeking thoughts and feedback about the idea. We have been sha
by gdonelli 14y ago
Hi there!
I started Shoeboxify a few months ago after leaving my job at Apple last winter. I am seeking thoughts and feedback about the idea.
We have been sharing our lives on Facebook for several years now. We shared pictures of our boyfriends and girlfriends, our fun college years, and perhaps even our first child. Facebook collects so many meaningful photos and stories about our lives, but usually they are buried by noise in the form of YouTube videos, advertisements and updates from people no longer active in our lives.
Shoeboxify is about finding a safe and private container for our feelings. Shoeboxify is not only about privacy, it is also about organizing our photos and post away from the noise of Facebook.
=== On the technical side ===
I would encourage you to play with the shoebox on the page. Also try to resize the browser window to simulate the mobile screen experience, the scaling of the shoebox is optimized (i.e. it is not proportional, so that the text is always easy to read). The whole page is drawn starting from 5 images (http://www.shoeboxify.com/show-HN/sprites/ http://www.shoeboxify.com/show-HN/sprites/) and I used canvas all over to draw the UI.
Thanks HN community!
- username3 14y agoWhy not just mark photos on Facebook as private? Is it not possible to mark single photos in albums as private? We could download our history including our photos from Facebook and put them on Dropbox.
- gdonelli 14y agoYou can change your privacy settings with the photos you own (ie you uploaded them), but not for the pictures you are tagged in. Last time I checked the download history feature of FB didn't included photos you were tagged in either. I want a beautiful place were my memories live. Using a file system like drop box to store them I think it will be pretty sad for such a valuable assent. Check out the story section to know what I mean.