Yesterday I had an interesting discussion about connected-TVs which make big news these days, and internet applications for them. I argued that while Facebook and Twitter sell the TV in stores, actual using them makes less sense, since posting comments to status updates, news feeds, photo and video sharing is quite difficult due to an awkward TV text input, and this is among most important features of such apps.
Agree, my business partner said, I also don’t want to show my Facebook in the living room. There is a lot of stuff on it that I prefer to keep away from the family’s eyes. If one of my friends published something inappropriate, I would rather try to avoid sharing it with my family, which is a more difficult on a TV than on laptop.
This instantly reminded me my personal experience that I shared with him. I’m a friend on the Facebook with some LA entrepreneur who happened to also be a super model. She is shockingly beautiful, exactly what you would expect from an LA model.
As part of our product we developed connectivity to the Facebook. It works quite simple – you choose your friends and our application sends their content to your eMazeU-enabled device, so you would be able to watch their photo albums directly on your TV without a need to log-in to the Facebook.
One day I was testing the application and chosen few names from the list of my Facebook friends. Her name was on top as it starts with “A”, and I checked her. Surely enough she had an amazing swimsuit album which went directly to my TV. I was looking at the server logs to see that everything was working correctly, not expecting that innocent “Photo 1” till “Photo 86”, as it was recorded, would require some explanation later.
When my wife came home, she went directly to the TV because “New Content Arrived” lights were on, and she watched the whole bikini album of 86 astonishing pictures. A serious explanation was in due. Showing server logs seemed too complicated at the moment, so I improvised.
”Honey, we develop a new service on the TV using our platform: one click purchase. As you can see, while watching a new collection of goods, swimsuits in this case, you can order any garment you want with just one click. Which one do you like, dear?” Not sure she bought it, but the evening was saved.
Indeed, sometimes it is better to enjoy your Facebook in a quiet solitude, even if your wife has a great sense of humor.
Friday, March 19, 2010
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