Month: June 2013

I like Vine. I like Instagram with Videos. I love competition.  But unless Vine adds these features to their app in the next 30 days they may soon join Viddy in the land of forsaken apps.  Custom URL’s Yes, I know services like Google+ have eschewed custom URL’s (aka Vanity URL’s) for the masses and are still thriving. But honestly without a way for outsiders to easily visit you online it’s difficult to convert the digital heathens into Vine disciples.  With Instagram I merely tell people to visit me at Instagram.com/Darnell and next thing you know Facebook has stolen another cyber soul into their photo portal.  Vine on the other hand I have to tell people to search for “Darnell” amongst the sea of Darnell’s). If you can’t see why that is a problem try searching for Barack Obama and tell me which one is the official account! I’ll wait… Sharing Is Caring Vine shares to Twitter. So does Instagram! Vine shares to Facebook. So does Instagram!  Vine needs to embrace simple sharing to Tumblr, Pinterest, et al (and yes that wonky embedding is a start but alas only geeks will use it).  Instagram has coldly embraced several services with video (by linkage only) and Vine could surpass Instagram Videos if they fully embrace sharing to more platforms (especially blogging ones beyond Tumblr).  Editing Past Clips Do you know how many...