We photograph the special moments of our lives but it is not necessarily those moments that make life special. In not preserving the seemingly mundane, not noticing the details of routine, that so easily are overlooked and forgotten, we rob ourselves of some of the best memories. Prompting people to randomly take a snapshot of their life’s, preserving it regardless of context, gives us a way to recall the normal in years to come. SNAPNAO does exactly that. At random times your phone will prompt you to take a quick picture. You can just store them on your phone or share them via email or with your followers on twitter and tumblr.
SNAPNAO is an Android application that will, at random times, prompt you to take a picture of whatever you see right then. It may be a special moment or it may be the most boring moment, the randomness of SNAPNAO guarantees a somewhat representative, unbiased record of your life as it is. Just taking a picture of whatever is your life right then and there will help you appreciate it more a year, five years or 50 years into the future. Taking pictures is as easy as it can be, just click on the notification and its done. SNAPNAO collects all files in a folder on your phone but you can also share them on tumblr, twitter or send them to friends and family via email. SNAPNAO supports the following functions Prompt you at random times to take a picture View statistics on your usage Share your pictures on tumblr, twitter or via email Define “Black-Out”-periods where SNAPNAO will not prompt you
SNAPNAO is still very much under development.
Privacy if naturally an important issue when taking pictures of ones life. SNAPNAO does not take a picture without user interaction so you are always aware of when a photo as taken and can point the camera at what you chooses to. It is, as with every photo-app, up to you not to violate other peoples privacy with the photos you take. All Data is only stored locally or shared with the services you select. You can stop sharing with those services whenever you wish.
The Basic App contains one Activity to explain the concept of the app and a background service that at random times, creates a notification for the user to make a snapshot. Pictures are stored on the phones memory and added to a SNAPNAO Gallery on the phone. They can also be shared on social networking sites.