PhotoGraph - Finishing up Development

"Good worker, Hard worker, Terrific" has been striving hard to get the first iteration of PhotoGraph out. For being such a structured platform and having such simple apps, there is a lot to code. There are so many points of contact with the user, from news feed posts to notifications, that have to be tested and monitored. Luckily, our team fits with our name, and we have been making some great progress. We think that people will love browsing the PhotoGraph, we sure have.

PhotoGraph is a photo browsing, discovering, and tagging application. Unlike the Facebook Photos application, you can browse across albums and friends. While displaying a picture, three related thumbnails are shown and the user can simply click on the next image he or she wants to see. Currently, relevance is determined by who is tagged in the photo and the album it is in, although we are definitely thinking of ways of improving this in the future.

One of the great features of the application is starring. If you like a photo, click on the star in the upper left. Starring photos serves two purposes:

1. Let people know what pictures you like and easily access your favorites in the future.
2. Build a database of "Best Photos" of you when your friends star photos your are in.
   

We are really excited to launch and are currently tying up loose ends. It has been really fun browsing my photos this way. I have come across many photos of my friends I have never seen before. It have been very interesting browsing across my social network. Occasionally, I find myself off in a corner, looking at good pictures of people I don't know in my network. Also, since relevance is determined by who is tagged in the photo, you can get "stuck" in pockets of photos that have no people in them. Happy browsing.

-Mark

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