4 Simple Ideas To Revolutionise Facebook

Many people are outraged about Facebook’s new decision to roll out Timeline and cover photos, but if you look at the evolution of the internet as a whole - these are relatively conservative changes compared to the technology available. Here are my tips for what you could be seeing and using on Facebook sooner than you think.

1. Group Photo Upload

I hate it when three or four of my friends upload photos to separate albums. Each album originating from their own Facebook page which I then have to navigate to, I also don’t want to have to create a group every time I want everyone’s photos to be in the same album. So, why not add a ‘group upload’ facility in which you have the option to view all yours and your friends’ photos from one event in the same place. The author would be listed and people can be tagged. Statistically, most people have a close-knit group of friends that they see regularly and are therefore most likely to have pictures with, and with Google+exploiting this notion, I see it as a way forward. You heard me right; Google+ is on to something.

2. Custom Design

This one is tricky – part of the reason for the success of Facebook is its structure, making sure no-one is alienated and making sure that all functions are open to all of its members. But I would like to see some more personalisation controls, much like a simplified version of Word Press. Facebook has different core functions for many different people, however for a large proportion; these functions cross over with the ideologies of what is fundamentally a blog. I recently started a blog because of these customisable functions – so Facebook…try and stop me.

3. Ken Burns Effect Cover Photo

Now, my natural instinct would be to suggest that you could put a video where your current cover photo…or maybe not. Facebook is visually static, I remember when I first saw an animated GIF and filled my MySpace page with them just like everyone else. It ended up being a horrific mix of cartoons and thrusting storm troopers that would completely destroy the uniform of Facebook (or any other website for that matter). No. A slideshow of photos in your cover window with the Ken Burns photo effectwould be a perfect fit.

4. Live Profile Pictures

The option to actually see people when their online – Of course this would include functions to be heavily limited to your friend group, but I just can’t be bothered to type chat sometimes – it’s a lot of effort  to sum up the nights TV in writing to four people simultaneously. Give us a customisable area on the timeline where we can physically see our friends. Alternatively, simulate the use of video messages. Leaving a private or public video on your friend’s wall could be massive if Facebook tailored its functionality and focused on making it an easy task. With so many webcams built into devices – it’s a quick and easy way to share messages. So come on Facebook – good work so far, but now is the time in your life cycle where you need to think radically about what technology can achieve for your company and your customers. You created one of the world’s most innovative and successful companies; don’t think we expect anything less from you. What do you think about the current state of Facebook? Good, or getting worse? If you have suggestions how to make it better, please share below. [Image: Coletivo Mambembe]

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Cool Movie Posters No. 1 - Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is one of the most successful movies directed by the American film director and producer Quentin Tarantino. It was released in 1994 and nominated for seven Oscars, including the best picture. It won the Oscar for the best original screen play. Pulp Fiction also received the coveted Palme d’Or at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival that year.

Pulp Fiction was a huge commercial and critical success to Tarantino and his amazing all star cast, featuring John Travolta (Oscar nomination for his role as Vincent Vega), Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel and Christopher Walken.

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Red Dog - The Best Dog Movie Ever!

Red Dog is an Australian movie directed by Kriv Stenders. The film was released in 2011 and it’s based on a true story about a red male cattle dog & Kelpie cross who travelled all over the Pilbara region in Western Australia’s back in the 70’s.

Red Dog was nominated in nine categories at the 2011 Inside Film Awards. The movie won seven of them, including The Best Feature Film.

There is a statue in his memory in Dampier, which is one of the towns he used to live in.

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Classic Album Covers No.8 - Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Hot Rats, released in 1969 is the second solo album by an american guitarist and composer Frank Zappa. The album was dedicated to Zappa’s new-born son Dweezil and it featured only six songs from which five were instrumental.

Hot Rats was the first Frank Zappa album recorded on 16-track equipment and one of the first rock/jazz albums ever to use that technology.  

The album cover photo was shot by Andee Cohen Nathanson utilizing a psychedelic infrared photography technique. The cover featured Miss Christine Frka freakishly peeking out of an empty lily pond at the infamous Errol Flynn Estate in Hollywood Hills.

Christine Frka was originally hired as a nanny for Frank Zappa’s children Dweezil and Moon Unit (yes, those are their real names) but she was also a member of the notorious Sunset Strip groupie group GTO with Pamela Des Barres.

Miss Christine died of a heroin overdose in 1972 shortly after she had spent close to a year in a full body cast to correct her crooked spine. She was 23 years of age.

Hot Rats reached position 173 on Billboard in the pop albums category.

Check out Willie The Pimp featuring Captain Beefheart on vocals:

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