To do this, we want to get photos and video into and out of the system in as
many ways as we can: from the web, from mobile devices, from the users' home
computers and from whatever software they are using to manage their content. And
we want to be able to push them out in as many ways as possible: on the Octagonic
website, in RSS feeds, by email, by posting to outside blogs or ways we haven't
thought of yet. What else are we going to use those smart refrigerators for?
Octagonic is the WD-40 that makes it easy to get photos or video from one person to
another in whatever way they want.
2.We want to enable new ways of organizing photos
and video.
Once you make the switch to digital, it is all too easy to get overwhelmed with
the sheer number of photos you take or videos you shoot with that itchy trigger
finger. Albums, the principal way people go about organizing things today, are
great -- until you get to 20 or 30 or 50 of them. They worked in the days of
getting rolls of film developed, but the "album" metaphor is in desperate need
of a Florida condo and full retirement.
Part of the solution is to make the process of organizing photos or videos
collaborative. In Octagonic, you can give your friends, family, and other contacts
permission to organize your stuff - not just to add comments, but also notes and
tags. People like to ooh and ahh, laugh and cry, make wisecracks when sharing
photos and videos. Why not give them the ability to do this when they look at
them over the internet? And as all this info accretes as metadata, you can find
things so much easier later on, since all this info is also searchable.