November 6, 2008

Update

Now that the crazy, crazy attention has calmed a little, a quick update on things I’m working on.

  • iPhone app — I’ve teamed with Matt Brooke-Smith, creator of iFinance and many other iPhone apps, and we’re going to collaborate on making the most kickass memory-recording experience ever for the iPhone.
  • Public diaries — this is a feature that is going to take some work to get right, but it’ll definitely be worth the pay off and finally allow you to ‘open up the lockers’, so to speak.
  • Proper calendar-compatible export — as I’ve mention before, I want you to be able to export your memories and keep them safely wherever your like. One great place to keep them is a calendar tool like Office or Google Calendar or iCal, and I hope you’ll be able to do so soon.

While those are near-future probabilities, here are some distant future possibilities:

  • Adobe Air/Facebook/iGoogle/Netvibes apps — these platforms might take some time to be touched by Memiary, but the possibility of a Memiary app for any of these makes me want to jump out of my chair. Memiary for my iGoogle homepage? Sure. Start up the computer and have the Air app come up? Why not?
  • #Hashtags — many of you have asked about categorizing your memories in someway, perhaps with #hashtags, or with colors. This will be definitely worth a look-into, and I hope I can deliver the most seamless integration to enhance your memories.
  • PDF Export/”Buy Bound Copy” — This suggestion was given on the Memiary GetSatisfaction site, and boy does it have legs. PDF export is very possible and likely, but something I’m more excited about is offering users the ability to ‘buy a physical bound copy’ which resembles the format of a simple diary and contains their memories. Now THAT would be cool.

Have any more suggestions, possibilities, feedback? Let me know.