Show HN: Tweet a photo every time your mac wakes up with a simple hack

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8 points·Swizec··7 comments

Like "Taking pictures with your MacBook every time the lid opens."

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2089294

Yes that's where I originally got the idea. Then I made it also tweet the picture :)

What could go wrong?

I can understand the desire to hack on that, and props to you Swizec, for creating something and sharing it is always cool, but... Well, the final result is quite mind-numbingly narcissistic.

I guess it fits current trends in social websites, but isn't it a bit over the top?

The line between narcissistic and introspective is always thinner than we think. Something I've noticed recently is how few pictures I'm actually in: I take loads of pictures but I was only in a handful.

While I'm not personally inclined to Twitter a picture of myself every time my mac wakes up (several times a day), I can see the benefit in this to some people.

Well I don't know, I never really saw it as narcissistic, more as an interesting hack and seeing what's possible.

Yeah I guess I'll end up being in a lot of the pictures, but most people wouldn't just put themselves out there like that with messy hair, beedy morning eyes and so on.

I don't think a narcissistic person would ever want to share such imperfect pictures of themselves publicly ...

I mean, I'll probably turn it off in a few days when people start complaining I'm spamming them :)

"I have made a terrible mistake."

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