We’re sure by now that you’ve seen the trailers for “The Social Network” — the movie about how Facebook got started. Well, since we’re a Twitter-based app and this happens to be extremely funny even if a parody, here’s a Twitter movie spoof for you to enjoy:
We here at TwitrPix HQ love when we see interesting ways of using social media to connect people. One of the most interesting uses was at the recent Vindicat Lustrum celebration in the Netherlands this month. Spanning from July 8-21, this event was part of the 195th anniversary for the Vindicat Atque Polit student organization. Over the 12 days, thousands of people joined the celebration by posing over 12,000 times in 3,013 photos.
How was it done? Using the Party Booth app which we covered here, a computer, and a webcam, a kiosk was setup running Party Booth in kiosk mode. Attendees simply had to walk up and pose, and their photo was instantly shared on Twitter using TwitrPix.
The event ended on the 21st and if a picture is truly worth a thousand words, then the last photo of the event seems to sum up the mood of having to leave.
Einde = End
Grab a drink, sit down and flip through some really great photos. We need to note, however, that these photos may not be entirely suitable for all ages or the work place.
It’s always really cool when Twitter developers integrate the TwitrPix API into their apps. Its a testament to how easy it is to work with and how simple it can be to add photo sharing abilities to any Twitter-based application. So it came as a pleasant surprise to come across an open source app for Android phones.
From the developer:
TwitPic Share is an Android application that enables you to upload-and-tweet photos to websites from any fellow application that has a Share command.
We’re firm believers and supports of the open source community so please give it try. If you have an Android phone with the latest OS, take a photo of the below barcode to go directly to it in the Android Market.
We recognize that we’re not the biggest service available. Yes, we’re pretty humble over here. But we also recognize that we have created a great service that is being used in over 24 Twitter apps on the iPhone, Android, desktop, mashups, etc. So we’re quite pleased today.
The folks at [Re]Encoded created a great list of 20 Twitter applications to help you distribute images and videos on Twitter. Among some very good sites, TwitrPix was mentioned in the image category as the 2nd service out of 10. While we don’t think the list is in a specific order, maybe we’ve come a little ways since Mashable recognized us last year?
We love simplicity and we’re big fans of the Android OS. So its pretty exciting that we’ve received word from Carl Declerck (@Tweetatorium), the developer behind Tweetatorium, that version 1.0.7 has just been released into the Android Market with TwitrPix integration.
So we did mention simplicity, right? Tweetatorium works by becoming a natural extension of how you capture and view photos on your Android-based phone. Once you save your Twitter settings and choose TwitrPix as your photo sharing service, you’re done. Any time you take a photo or view one from your album, just click the “share” button and select Tweetatorium from the “Share picture via” menu. Type in your status update and click the upload button. Because it is tightly integrated into Android, you don’t have to wait for the photo to upload. You’ll receive an alert once the photo and status update has been sent.
For more information on Tweetatorium, download it (it’s free!) from the Market on your Android phone right now. Be sure to follow @Tweetatorium.
Sharing photos and images on Twitter just got a whole lot easier — DesktopTweet for Windows opens the door to sharing anything you can see on your screen (or a section of it) on Twitter. This will be a huge asset to graphic designers, illustrators, video editors, 3D artists and those in the visual field who need to quickly share a comp/still of something they’re working on. However, the biggest benefit may be seen by everyone else. Since you are able to select a portion of your screen, you could share a level of an online game, video still from a funny viral video, or share a photo from any web site you find interesting.
Easily configure DesktopTweet to launch using the printscreen key and you have 1-click access to photo sharing goodness at your fingertips! Included with the 1.0 release is TwitrPix integration, bringing the total to 7 photo sharing services you can use now.
For more information on DesktopTweet and to download (it’s free!), visit www.desktoptweet.com and be sure to follow @TimOliver (DesktopTweet developer).
A photo booth is a good time regardless of how old or young you happen to be. I know I’ve taken some classic picts in a good ole’ photo booth at the Jersey Shore or Coney Island throughout the years. I even may have some funny ones of Cando’s Co-Founder, @centcreative laying around on my desk somewhere. Definitely good times.
So imagine our surprise when we got an email from the developer behind Party Booth, John Wu. Party Booth is an Adobe AIR app that lets you set up your own photo booth anywhere you happen to have a computer (w/ a web cam) and an internet connection. What makes Party Booth really interesting is that its tied into the social ecosystem of Twitter. So besides being able to shoot 4 up photo strips and postcards that you can store on your local hard drive and print later, you can have them shared on Twitter using TwitrPix in real-time.
Run it in a fullscreen kiosk mode, add a custom image or logo for your party or event, customize the on-screen messages and you’re good to go. People line up with their friends, press the space bar and wait for the countdown timer to capture the moments. The photos are shared on Twitter using TwitrPix and guests can even add their Twitter username so they receive an @reply with a link to the photo.
Download Party Booth (Windows / Mac OS X) and give it a try.
We’re pleased to announce that the latest version of TweetTime for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch has just been released sporting the integration of TwitrPix as it’s default photo sharing service for Twitter. TweetTime is chock full of really cool features such as:
Besides being a great milestone for TwitrPix, here’s one of the best compliments from the app developer:
I recommend twitrpix.com. It is quite fast.
Looking at what’s out there, we’ve been making lots of progress to being the fastest photo sharing services out there. Faster pageloads = better user experience. Good to see people are noticing.
For more information, visit the App Store: TweetTime and TweetTime Lite.
As 2009 starts to come to a close, we’ve tallied a lot of the feedback over the last few months to bring you a new look (mostly) for TwitrPix. We also took a hard look at what some of our competitors were doing and made sure we didn’t follow in those footsteps.
Read the rest of this entry »
Today marks a very important milestone since TwitrPix was quietly released into the wild earlier this year. While we have been extremely busy adding new features and functionality not present in competing services, we just saw a Facebook post that really surprised us. A recent vote by the readers of Mashable, the internet’s most respected voice in Web 2.0 & Social Media news, has placed TwitrPix on a very special list — Top 10 Twitter Photo Sharing Services.
What makes this list really amazing is that Mashable’s readers have voted it above other sites which are more popular. Although we did come in 10th place, we here at Cando can’t really complain. We are definitely in some very good company and appreciate all of the support Mashable’s readers and especially our TwitrPix users have been.
To check out the list, click here.
