Snapchat!

Hi friends,

I think we can all agree that the age of technology is the best thing since sliced bread. Admittedly, I was a late bloomer when it came to the internet (mostly because I’m old and it didn’t exist when I was a kid), but I have more than made up for that gap.

Heck, I’m d*mn near an honorary Apple stockholder with the Macbook, iPad and iPhone. My device of choice – iPad. I typically fall asleep with it. It’s the perfect size in between a phone and laptop. There’s no long, excessive boot-up time and I can easily reach my two favorite apps – Twitter (sorry Mark. I never did get on the Facebook bandwagon) and Instagram. I assume we all know about Twitter, but for those of you still holding off on Instagram and open to social media, what are you waiting for? The online photo album is a far sexier way to satisfy voyeurism. At first glance you wouldn’t think a picture could have this much power, but once you find yourself taking pictures of your food, you know you’re hooked. Similarly to Twitter and Facebook, you can follow profiles, comment on the photos as well as ‘like’ them. The most fun are the celebrity profiles. The recklessness is extraordinary.

Well today I’m having internet problems on the homefront. After wasting almost an hr in the Genius Bar, I discovered it was my internet provider. Needless to say I am hot like lava, but I’ll spare you additional colorful illustrations of how distressed I am. Instead I’ll torture myself by writing about the latest in phone apps.

Have you heard about Snapchat? I assume people born after ’85 have already heard about it. But for those like myself, this is my first time.

Snapchat is a mobile app which allows users to share images or videos that disappear after a few seconds. So after you see the image or video, it vanishes forever. Poof!!!

In just a year, Snapchat has quietly picked up millions of users. Supposedly, it’s the next Instagram. Not to be dark, but I predict this to be the next best sexting tool. However, beware…. people can still grab screenshots from their phones, even though the app notifies the sender if the recipient of an image takes a shot of it.

Doesn’t being able to take a screenshot defeat the purpose of Snapchat? #IJS…