What do I really want with this whole 8:36pm.com idea anyway?  What’s the desired end result?  I messed around with the most obvious functionality this last weekend, but it is leaving me with a feeling of not quite getting the full picture.  I think I need to start with the core feeling of amazement around the slice of life idea.  That feeling of capturing life in a slice, and then sharing that slice.

Jimmy Livingston’s site captures that. Maybe its because of the breadth of the years flowing by.  Maybe it’s because of the quality of old Polaroids.

I have a couple problems.  One is that it’s not clear whether this is about Twittering or Flickr photos.  I realize that the idea started with Twittering, but I think the experience and end product is a lot better through photos.  Who cares really about a line of text written every day.  A photo says so much more.  Especially if it includes a caption and a location.  But not everyone has a cameraphone, including Kellianne (and Chadwick, whose idea I borrowed).

Which view is better.  Everyone who took a photo on a particular day, or every photo that a particular person took.  Which tells a better story?  Or are they both equally compelling.