Introducing Photos of You
Photos are memories of the people, places and moments that mean the most to us. We have always sought to give you simple and expressive ways to bring the stories behind your photos to life. Your captions and hashtags capture the “what?” and your Photo Map answers the “where?” but until today we’ve never quite been able to answer the “who?”.
Today, we’re excited to introduce Photos of You and bring you a new way to share and discover stories on Instagram. When you upload a photo to Instagram, you’re now able to add people as easily as you add hashtags. Only you can add people to your photos, so you have control over the images you share. And it doesn’t stop at people—you can add any account on Instagram, whether it’s your best friend, favorite coffee shop or even that adorable dog you follow.
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click through to check out the 360i Startup Outlook POV I contributed to!
I went to SXSW (http://www.sxsw.com) this year as a 360i ambassador (have I mentioned I love my job..?)
Here are my favorite photos from the trip, since they’ll tell a way better story to summarize than my written re-caps.
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And he’s so young too…
This dog has better health benefits than I do, and I’m OK with it.
(Source: dapswebsite)
Last week I attended a Social Media Week panel at Viacom on the future of social interactions between fans and entertainers.
*I want to come clean up front, while I was very intrigued by the title of the event- the fact that Nev from Catfish was speaking may have been the true reason I decided I had to attend.
The event kicked off with a panel of millennial super-fans that were recruited by MTV’s insights team. I thought this would be boring, but was pleasantly surprised, and found this to be the most fascinating part of the night.
The panel of young girls each spoke intimately to the crowd about their celebrity obsessions (some of which included One Direction, a Kardashian, and the MTV show Awkward) and how close they felt they were to them through social media. MTV’s research team labeled this theory “zero-distancing.”
The gals spoke passionately about how upsetting it is when One Direction’s management tweets for them (from the punctuation in the tweets, duh. Another girl spoke about how close she was with Khloe Kardashian (she even sent a get better tweet last week when she had the flu…) It became evident they truly believed tweeting with these stars qualifies them as their best friends.
Which tied nicely into the celebrity panel that followed with the creator of Catfish (the MTV show about people who fall in love online, but haven’t ever actually met.)
On the panel, Nev Schulman (Catfish), Drita (Mob Wives), and two other television personalities spoke about the same phenomenon the super-fan panel discussed, but through the lens of the ‘stars.’
It was interesting to hear from them about how much they valued their fans, although I have to admit nothing particularly groundbreaking was said (but do have to give it up to whoever organized the panel, their chemistry was definitely entertaining.)
While I would definitely attend this type of event again, I did have one main gripe. After the celebrity panel finished, that was it.
We were allowed to take pictures (which of course, I did) but they didn’t open it up for a q&a session for the audience.
For a panel themed around fan and entertainer interaction, I just found it a bit odd that although they invited us to connect with them online, we couldn’t ask questions while we were right there in real life. It was a bit of an oxymoron.
Then again, maybe I was just the upset since I’ve been wanting to ask Nev if Catfish was real since I saw the first episode, who knows…
Last night, I saw The Daily Show (full episode link here) and felt compelled to do a super brief re-cap because it was hysterical, and 100000% better than I could have ever anticipated. HIGHLY recommend seeing him live!
A few people asked how I got the tix., so I wanted to share!
The Daily Show released this season’s tix a few months back, BUT you can check this site (or sign up for email updates to still get tix when people cancel!) #DOIT!
so proud of my client!
A big thank you to Sian Pierre of Swagger NY for capturing these moments from our efforts to bring relief, hope and smiles to the Superstorm Sandy victims of Staten Island.
2012’s Most Popular Locations on Instagram
What was the most-Instagrammed place in the world this past year? The answer may surprise you.
Out of anywhere else in the world, Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport tops the list. Over 100,000 photos were taken there last year! What other locations were popular in 2012? From Asia to Europe to North America, Instagrammers shared their view of the world. Read on for the full list:
- Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ in Bangkok, Thailand
- Siam Paragon (สยามพารากอน) shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand
- Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California
- Times Square in New York City
- AT&T Park in San Francisco
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
- Eiffel Tower in Paris
- Staples Center in Los Angeles
- Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles
360i/Dentsu’s Holiday party video.
*Reason #18293 I.love.my.job.
