It sounds strange to say that you've got a favourite app on your phone.
There are so many to choose from.
And mine is not Instagram, or Facebook. The Bureau of Meteorology app gets a daily bashing. There are banking apps and finance apps and the odd game.
Duolingo is also used daily for about 20 minutes. I'm on a 1050 day streak and my French isn't too bad.
My favourite app, however, is one called Minutiae. Click the link to find out more.
According to the blurb, it's an anti-social app.
One a day, at any given time, the app will tell you to take a picture. You have 30 seconds to do this. It's a real "don't think, just do" arrangement.
There is no sharing, no likes, no hashtags, no nothing. The photo is stored on the app. The aim is, over 1440 days, accounting for each second in a given day, you will have a unique document of you and your time. When you take your photo you can see five other people's photos - but they're just a name and place - no other contact can be made from this app.
All of this appeals to me.
I tend to turn off my location services.
But a creative outlet that doesn't have to be shared and makes me look at the world differently.
How bad can it be?
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