Saturday, September 15th, 2007

snapACT, Digital Photography Solutions Done Right: Part 3

In our first introductory blog posting, we shared some high-level information about snapACT and our goals. In the second snapACT posting, we gave an overview of our background and why we believe that we can address user frustrations with superior solutions in addition to specifying the key areas we will be targeting for improvement. We would like to complete this introductory series of postings with a few further details about us and how we are going to help you.

Who’s doing what?

Well, to let you know who’s handling certain features, you have to know who is involved, right? This is where things got a little more fun for us; you see, we aren’t quite ready to reveal our real identities until the time is right. So, to achieve this, we have each chosen a pseudonym from the character list of a very popular TV show. If you haven’t already noticed, I’m Kramer. We also have Jerry, George and of course… Newman. We may add an Elaine down the road, but for now, this is where we stand. We think we’re a pretty fun crew, and given that we all like Seinfeld, it seemed like the appropriate choice.

Jerry, George, Newman and I (Kramer) will be posting our updates, results, and thoughts in a regular fashion. We believe that keeping you informed will result in quality feedback, which, in turn, will result in better solutions! It’s sort of a you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours type of deal.

Ok, enough with explaining our TV personas. George is leading the charge on the digital photo management software. Jerry is lending his trained hand to help George on key software features. In addition, he is working with Newman on the particular aspects of running snapACT that will make it a great success for you and other photo enthusiasts out there. I will be focusing largely on the photo sharing online community website. We regularly discuss the direction of the solutions we’re building to ensure we don’t stray from what is needed.

Going forward

So, if you’ve already read the first and second introductory postings, you know that the digital photo management software and the photo sharing online community website will be closely related in the overall solution. All members at snapACT are working hard to ensure that you are not only presented with a seamless workflow within each part of the grand solution, but also between them. This is an important - even crucial - piece of the puzzle that we are working toward solving. As we progress, we intend to demonstrate this to you.

We at snapACT look forward to releasing our digital photography solutions for you to use - we have found nothing quite as satisfying as seeing a community grow around software and websites that we’ve poured ourselves into creating. Just to see people using the solutions created by snapACT will put a huge grin on each of our faces.

We look forward to seeing your photographic skills presented in the online community. From this point on, each of us will be posting progress updates on the particular features that we’re responsible for, in addition to any other random thoughts that enter our minds. As always, please feel free to post a comment if you have a question, suggestion or concern. We’ll try our best to reply as quickly as possible!