Don’t worry, be Appy.

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If I could jump for joy right now, or do cartwheels or even pop some champers… I totally would. Immediately if not sooner. You see, last week I asked begged you to vote for me in the Australia’s Most Clickable Women awards, and on Monday I discovered that I won. Cue: Happy face.

Thank you so much for voting. Man, best email to get on a Monday is one saying that you’re a winner. Thanks to everyone who voted, for the lovely girls who I shared the Grand Finalist spot with Kristy, and the Hard to Find ladies, and to Mamamia as well. Thank you.

As I also mentioned last week, I have dreamed of making an App for Photo A Day for a long time now and wanted to use the prize money to put towards that. As the winner I will receive $6000 to put towards a business venture. I’ve been told that’s a tight budget to work with, but it’s an exciting start… and I’m very grateful.

So because Photo A Day is a big community thing, I wanted to know what you thought would make for a good App. Of course, I can’t do everything… but I will try and make it the best darn App I can. I have a few initial concepts that I’ll be talking to a developer soon about… but throw some more at me. I’m all ears {or eyes in this case!}.

What do you think would make a great feature on the App?

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70 thoughts on “Don’t worry, be Appy.”

  4. Your favorite filters, if you want to call them that. Also, push notifications to remind you what the prompt is, each day.

  5. A preview of your post before putting it online for the whole world to see.
    P.S. Congratulations, Telle! I never had a doubt that you’d come out the winner.

  7. A photo app with some really cool effects And some kind of reminder of the fmsphoto of the day would be awesome. Just An idea 🙂

  9. If you’re doing a popup reminder for each prompt, a snooze option (either to a specific time, or for 1/3/6/9 hours would be a minor touch, but fricking brillaint
    (I’m also team Android, but totally get that you can prob only do iOS for now :))

  10. Congratulations! I can’t wait to see what you come up with. I would also like to see the prompts with your explanation of them and perhaps a way to export the pics from this app to others (FB, IG, Twitter, etc). Maybe an option to export a monthly collage as well?
    (I’m also Team Android – but we’re used to waiting for something to take off on iTunes before we get it).

  12. Awesome!! I would love a daily reminder for the prompt, and some better filters! Most IG filters are so dark. I would love to see some bright fresh filters. And an Android version!! Some of us are too poor to afford iPhones, so we always get left out on the good apps!

  13. Oh I love the collage idea! That would be fantastic! I would also be totally willing to pay for the app as well, if you needed more funds. You don’t have to make everything free!

  14. Easy to upload, prompts with what that photo of the day is, ability to like/follow/share (which might help select the daily Fab Four). Not so fussed on the filters, as our photo taking abilities should cover that. Another cool feature would be to display your photos like a calendar (download Project365 ap to see what I mean. I think that ap would be a good start to model on). Oh and when we set up our profile ability to include some information about ourselves , location and links to our own blogs, websites, etc. Oh and ability for searchable tags and geotag the photo. Sorry, that’s a long wish list!

  15. Congratulations on your win. I have absolutely no doubt you will come up with an amazing ap – I can’t wait!

  17. Congrats!!
    How about the ability to then share the pictures on Instagram or Facebook and to save them to your camera roll.

  18. Congrats. I knew you would win. You have such a global reach and you inspire us all daily. Would love an fms app. Maybe a forum component to share and comm with other fms’ on photos, who to follow, tips, idea, inspiration. I wish instagram enabled multi accts so I could run a public one for fms photos. Don’t know if you can create a solution there. Good luck with it

  19. Have you considered getting the Dev done offshore? (Likely to be much cheaper! -though I can understand reasons for not doing so) . Congrats!!

  20. Have you thought of doing some online fundraising? There are many websites out there that facilitate online fundraising (like kickstarter or gofundme) and since you have a large following of people who would love your app, a small donation from the many could really add up! The websites all have their particular terms of service, so I would shop around. But I think this could be a great and easy way for you to obtain more funding and your followers would happy to donate and “feel like a part of it”. Good luck!

    • As for the app itself: From the welcome screen the user could see the calendar of prompts as well as a tips section.

      Calendar: If the user clicked on a prompt he/she could have the option to upload or browse for that particular prompt. From the upload path it could autogenerate the prompt information and leave space for the user to add his/her own caption.

      Tips: This could be similar to your blog entries about “how to…” that users can scroll/swipe through to see examples and step-by-step directions.

      I also concur with the other suggestions of reminders with a snooze, liking others’ pictures, following users, filters, calendar collage, etc.

  21. congrats, that’s amazing.

    like some others said, a daily reminder of the prompt would be awesome. and i am always up for some cute filters and maybe the option to add some text to the picture. also an easy way to share everything on twitter etc. would be appreciated 😉

  23. congrats on winning… you are sure deserving!! what great news to receive! Thrilled for you… you are awesome!

  25. Congrats Chantelle, you are sure going to have a lot to think about 🙂 I am sure I will be happy with whatever comes. people here seem to have some great ideas 🙂

  26. Congrats on winning! The app is a great idea, as are the suggestions that have been made. I like the crowdfunding idea and would happily kick in some funds.

  28. I agree with Chloe… I am so computer UNsavvy that I have to scroll back through my feed to see what the specialty of the day is so that would be wonderful manna from heaven. Also, how about a link for all those ‘specialty’ photos as in macro and speed, or even a link for those of us that are unfamiliar about getting close to our camera. A ‘how to get comfortable with your cameras’ guide?

  30. Eeeeep!! Exciting stuff!! Theme prompts and snooze button, collage function, ability to write (I love Typic app), ability to follow specific people, and a tips library. Maybe a note function so we can record settings used to produce each pic! Happy Thursday 😉

  31. If an App can be developed in that price range it would be a great enhancement, but, I must say, the way the Photo a Day group has grown and grown its obviously working and if that money could help you develop your business in any other way I don’t think anyone would mind what you decide to do with it Chantelle. I’m thrilled that you won but not surprised at all !! Congratulations lovely! WHAT A MONTH!

  33. Congrats! Super happy for you 🙂

    Re the app, check boxes for each day are a must (obviously). Perhaps when you tap the topic for the day, a selection of thumbnails of already submitted entries could appear, for inspiration if someone’s a bit stuck? I love the idea of it being a community thing where you can fav other people’s photos, make friends, etc.

  34. The ability to download the monthly pics to a folder on the computer in one move at the end of the month with their file names being the prompt

  35. Congratulations, I’m so happy for you!
    Could there be some way to upload from pc, or download from facebook. I have no idea how you would do that but I often use my camera for photos as well as my phone. At the moment I upload my photo to my own facebook page and then upload again onto the FMS group, if there was some way to do that simultaneously that would be fab although I should imagine way beyond your 6K budget. I don’t like the fact that all my photos on instagram are either public or private, you can’t choose what you want to share publicly. Sometimes I’m just fiddling with different settings it’s not something I want the whole world to see. Anyway, just a couple of bits to think about. Whatever you manage will be so exciting to see 🙂

  36. Have you thought of using a website like kick starter to fund it more if needed? Even if everyone just donates a dollar or 2 to it you could have so much more to work with

  37. Not really a suggestion for the app itself, but I was wondering, since you mentioned $6k is a tight budget, is there any way you could set up fundraising so the people in the group can help get it setup? I’m sure a lot of people that participate in PAD would be so excited to see the app come to fruition (heck I sure am!) and wouldn’t mind contributing towards it.

    Or I guess if Chantelle is hesitant about asking, if one of the mods of the group on FB could get things rolling? And if so, I’d love to help if I could please. 🙂

  38. I think a way of displaying all of your photo-a-day photos, so you could save or share it on facebook etc at the end of the month.

  39. Totes a daily reminder! I know there are reminders for my iPhone calendar but it kinda sucks….
    And if should show u ideas of other people’s daily pics. 🙂

  40. Chantelle, Not sure if you can do it being from AU but I would sure try. My husband told me a out a thing called Kickstarter.com. Its for business ventures to donate or give money to people who have good ideas. Not sure if You could even use it. BUT I wanted let you know maybe to check it out, it might help with the building of the app.. 🙂

    • Indie gogo is great too because with Kickstarter, if you don’t get your full funding you don’t get any of the cash. With Indie gogo you get whatever comes in. 🙂

      I recently helped fund a mobile game that way. It’s easy and works!

      Also, congratulations! Such awesome news.

  42. Congratulations!
    I’d say a morning reminder of the topic, and a late afternoon prompt if you’ve not yet taken it. Also a time-specific one on days where the time is the prompt.
    And it would be good to share photos within the app as well as beyond. A share function.
    And the chance to turn each month into a collage. I don’t share my pics every day because I forget/can’t/am generally useless/other reasons so would love to share the month’s photos as a whole at the end if possible.
    Captions/frames etc to suit the monthly prompt list (e.g. this month could be black border with purple/pink ribbon caption space, last month floral border with white).
    Just ideas. Nothing deal-breaking (or even terribly original!). Congrats again.

  43. Congrats! I voted for you twice and I’m so glad you won. I for one will be purchasing this app when it comes out! How exciting 😀

  47. Here’s my wish list 🙂
    – A stream of photos that people can upload directly into the app.
    – Everyone can like/heart/sth photos and comment on them.
    – You can follow people – maybe a separate stream of photos of people you follow.
    – A simple notification of the topic would be nice, they can be turned off anyway.
    – A way to send messages to other people – but that might be too much of a hassle.
    – An option to import your photos via iTunes, especially for those not shooting with the iPhone itself

    In general, I wouldn’t mind if you did a Kickstarter or something alike to fund the rest of the amount you need. 🙂

    • And I hope there won’t be any filters. I’d worry that then everything will just look the same and people will always use them wishing it’d get them in the Top.

  48. Able to import photo’s from Dropbox (for those of us who use a camera). Oh and yes I am an android user also. Wouldn’t mind pitching in a little either to get an android version ball rolling. 😀

  49. YAY! I am SUPER excited for you and glad my little vote helped! A lot of people have already mentioned things I’d like to see in a Photo A Day app…daily prompt notification, favorite filters, etc. I’d definitely like the ability to share/regram with #regram and the @ name of the person automatically appended when sharing, for example: “#regram of {@Name’s} photo posted on {DATE}. Cannot wait for this app to drop!

  51. An App to:….
    Show a daily reminder
    Upload photos to twitter/fb/flickr etc (You won’t want to host your self, more $$$)
    Pull in all photos with hashtags from other services

    I’m Team Andriod – hope you can do both =)

    ps Crowd funding!!

  52. High fives! I think all the essentials for the app have been mentioned, so it’s just simple congrats from me 😉

  54. If we all donated even just a $1, think of the possibilities. Infact, I’ve even seen websites that host these types of fund raising missions. Chantelle, don’t be afraid to ask us to help you get it off the ground.

  58. Congratulations on your win! I love the Collect app to store my PAD on, in a calendar. Great place to store each days photo and look back to see what I was doing on a particular day. Anything you do will be fabulous!

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