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People's infinite capacity to forget things is both a blessing and a curse.
Be prepared, when reminiscing about the good times, to be reminded of some equally bad times.
ROOM for thought is a similar app that asks you to make a photograph every day at a random moment. The app (iOS-only for now) is free: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/id585556618?mt=8
Really cool idea. The descriptions in iTunes are all in Dutch, though… edit: actually, even the app itself is mostly in Dutch. :)
He wasn't particularly philosophical about this fact, but I remember thinking this could be very depressing to some people - and jostle others into doing more with their lives. Still, as the narrator of the linked video says, "trying to make the best documentary of my life" seems to take an odd third-person perspective of one's own existence.
In another vein entirely, I've always felt there was something bordering on the "sacred" about memories. They're as personal a thing as you can have. Being able to rewind and see everything that ever happened to me would take something away from that for me. As with many technologies, you'd gain something, but lose something precious too.
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It seems to be a Kickstarter project ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cesarkuriyama/1-second-e... ) to get the app out.
...so this whole thing is just a thinly veiled marketing scheme then?
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It seems to be a Kickstarter project ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cesarkuriyama/1-second-e... ) to get the app out.
"Pledge $1 or more (7525 backers) For just $1 the iOS App is yours!" The iTunes store doesn't actually have a mechanism to achieve this, does it? Other than making it free for everyone for quite a while (months?) and using promo codes to fix up any backers who didn't download it in time. Promo codes are limited to 50 per release, I believe.
I don't think you will experience that by downloading an app. Come up with an own idea on how to reflect upon your life.
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"Pledge $1 or more (7525 backers) For just $1 the iOS App is yours!" The iTunes store doesn't actually have a mechanism to achieve this, does it? Other than making it free for everyone for quite a while (months?) and using promo codes to fix up any backers who didn't download it in time. Promo codes are limited to 50 per release, I believe.
They could always have an in-app purchase item that can be bypassed with a code.
He's been taking pictures every day since 2000.
> Everyone will probably have a different experience with their videos, he says, but he says self-reflection is never a bad thing. People's infinite capacity to forget things is both a blessing and a curse. Be prepared, when reminiscing about the good times, to be reminded of some equally bad times.
And the enormous quantity of time spent doing nothing memorable, good or bad.