This is part one of an ongoing series written to help you get the most out of Instagram. There are many reasons we love Instagram – it’s reasonably priced, simple to use, easy to connect to other social networks, and helps turn our mundane photos into art. What I think really drives us to Instagram [...]
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A Great Quote on Instagram
from this December article in Wired Magazine by Clive Thompson: “As I used the app more and more, something surprising happened: I became increasingly observant of the world around me… But casual photographers rarely developed this type of eye, because they just wanted to point and shoot. What Instagram is doing… is giving newbies a [...]
Instagram + Community = Greatness
Yesterday’s quote about Instagram’s community by Founder Kevin Systrom at the Le Web conference in Paris was a milestone. ”’Instagram is not about filters, said Systrom. “The defensible asset is the community, nowhere else would you find such passionate users.‘” (From TechCrunch) This means a lot to me, and probably most of the Instagram Evangelists around the world, and it is something I have [...]
Missing the Point of Instagram Filters, Again
A few people forwarded me the recent Mashable article about 10 Photo Apps that Enhance Instagram, which demonstrates the wide range of 3rd party apps that tap into Instagram’s API. But one sentiment often associated with Instagram reared its ugly head, again: “Users are able to take a photo, make it look like they took it fifty years ago and [...]
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