Posts Tagged Ryan Spoon

Technology meets the Baby

I’m always fascinated by unique ways technology is now being used in the mobile space.  You have Square who allows virtually anyone to accept credit card payments, Facebook Places which allows me to see Apture CEO @TristanHarris made it safely to New York, but one use really struck a chord with me tonight…watching a baby sleep on your iPad.

Here I am sitting in the living room at @ryanspoon’s house writing this blog post and on his iPad using an application Streamer you can have a peak into the other room to see how his son Dillion is doing.  I understand there are plenty of applications to do this, but just the idea of it is so darn powerful.  You can be anywhere in the world and see how your child is doing without needing to call, email or contact anyone.

We’ve come so far from the world of baby monitors that used batteries and had limited distances.

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How Facebook is Pushing Engagement Even When It Comes To Relationships

My buddy Ryan got married this weekend.  Upon returning from the Wedding his Wife updated her profile to announce her marriage to Ryan.

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This is common in Social circles a sort of right of passage that you are truly married when you update your Facebook status.  However, what is fascinating here is the photo Facebook is showing in the NewsFeed because that is not Anette’s profile photo.

How Did It Choose the Photo?

What Facebook must’ve done is first look for a photo of the two of them and the only way to decipher that is via the tagging system that has become widely popular.  Below is the original photo with the tags.

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But Why That Photo?

This photo was selected because of engagement.  This photo obviously was wildly popular simply looking at the comments.  11 of them.

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Facebook knew this photo contained both Ryan and Anette by the tags and they even did the work to see what the most commented photo was containing the both of them.  Simply amazing and a true demonstration of how even the little details mean a whole lot.  I hope my announcement photo is as good as theirs.

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