April 2012
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The Week on Instagram | 20
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Instagram Wins A Shorty!
PandoDaily Interviews @Shayne, Instagram’s First Engineer
If you’re not following Instagram on Facebook, you’re missing out!
In case you missed it: Sign up to be first in line for Instragram on Android
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #awningspiring. View photos from the last project, #rustingaway.
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March 2012
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View From the Top: @NatGeo & @TheNorthFace Climb...
We had a sneaking suspicion that Instagram users were all over the world, even in the remotest of places. But this past week, National Geographic & The North Face confirmed it for us: Instagram is headed to Everest!
Along the route, The North Face global athlete team has been sharing images to Instagram through the tag #oneverest and on the official National Geographic’s Instagram...
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Photo Feature Friday: Tea Time
Japan - @utopiano
This week our Friday Photo Feature is taking inspiration from Japan where tea lovers recently commemorated the life of Sen no Rikyū. Rikyū is the most influential figure in Japan’s rich tea tradition. He developed trademark preparations and presentations of tea in the 16th century, and today many of those rituals are still practiced in traditional Japanese tea...
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Instagram Takeovers
Want a fun way to change things up on your Instagram account? We’ve been noticing a growing trend as of late: users and brands are inviting other Instagrammers to take over their feeds for a day!
Food Republic (@foodrepublic) has had a few guest Instagrammers, including chef Tom Colicchio and the band Wavves. This week, they asked popular Instagrammer @samhorine to take over their...
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PandoDaily Interviews @Shayne, Instagram's First...
Last week, PandoDaily stopped by our new office to interview @shayne, Instagram’s first hired engineer. Shayne talked with Pando about what brought him to Instagram and even showed off his cartwheeling abilities.
Are you an awesome engineer and passionate about Instagram? We’re always looking for people to join our team in San Francisco. If you think you’d be a good fit, check out...
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The Making Of: A Perfect Cup of Coffee
Have you ever wondered how your morning pick-me-up made its way to your coffee cup? If so, you probably aren’t getting your caffeine fix from Sightglass Coffee, or following their Instagram feed, @sightglass.
Sightglass doesn’t just serve up some of San Francisco’s finest coffee. They provide their Instagram followers a behind-the-scenes look at the whole latte production...
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Instagram Wins A Shorty!
We were honored to be named Best #App in Social Media at yesterday’s Shorty Awards in New York City! A big thank you goes out to everyone who voted for us, and to NBC Instagrammer @anthonyquintano for snapping this shot of @kevin and @mikeyk on the big screen.
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Who I Follow: @curious2119's Favorite Users
One of the best ways to expand your community on Instagram is to take a look at the folks your favorite Instagrammers are already following. In this series, we ask some of our favorite Instagrammers to name a few users whose photos they love seeing every day.
Tim Landis (@curious2119) takes gorgeous photos of the landscape in Minnesota and Wisconsin, around Lake Superior. He was kind enough to...
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #rustingaway
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #rustingaway, which asked participants to capture photographs of oxidized iron and its alloys. Every Monday we feature...
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The Week on Instagram | 19
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Want to be first in line for Instagram on Android? Sign up here: http://instagr.am/android
Meet @miekd, the newest member of the Instagram family!
Push your Hipstamatic photos right to Instagram
Boston Bruins players seize control of the team’s Instagram account
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #rustingaway. View photos from the last project, #chasinglight.
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Instagram Tips: Find New Users to Follow
Instagram Tips is a series that features Instagram-related pro-tips for both novice and expert users alike! Check out the Support Center, help.instagram.com, for more tips & help for Instagram.
Maybe this sounds familiar: You can’t stop posting photos to Instagram and you love viewing and commenting on others’ photos, but you have that sneaking suspicion that there are lots of other...
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Spotlight: Hong Kong
Since launching, we’ve seen Instagram spread from our headquarters in the Bay Area to every corner of the globe. In this series we’ll highlight top users from countries and cities with thriving Instagram communities.
This week the spotlight falls on one of the most densely populated areas in the world: Hong Kong. Officially Hong Kong is a “city-state” and one of...
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Welcome to the Instagram Team, Maykel Loomans!
Instagram Name: @miekd
Hometown: Maastricht, The Netherlands
Position at Instagram: Designer
Instagram is very excited to welcome Maykel Loomans to the Instagram family! Maykel holds a BA in Communication and Multimedia Design from Zuyd University. During his last year of college, he co-founded a design / development shop, and after five years went solo as a freelancer.
“I have been...
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Hashtag Highlight: #spilladay
Sometimes one photo can inspire an entire series. That’s what happened with @aelana’s #spilladay photos. Last year, she took a photo of her morning coffee, spilled across the table. That sparked a series of #spilladay photos, each morning bringing a new spill and a new photo. The series expanded into other types of spills beyond coffee — sugar, eggs, receipts — and now...
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In the Studio: The Making of ParaNorman
Name: ParaNorman, @paranorman
Bio: Little pictures from the set of the biggest stop motion movie ever made.
Website: paranorman.com
Location: Oregon, USA
ParaNorman, an animated zombie comedy to be released this August, is the story of an 11-year-old boy who must use his ability to speak with the dead to save his town from an ancient curse, a hoard of invading zombies, and their own...
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Photos: St. Patrick's Day
This past Saturday, green-wearing, shamrock-rocking St. Patrick’s day celebrants flooded streets and bars around the world. The first Feast of St. Patrick in the 1600s honored the patron saint of Ireland and the arrival of Christianity in the country. Since then, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of Irish culture world round with particularly enthusiastic hubs of ex-pats in the...
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #chasinglight
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #chasinglight, which asked participants to notice the places where light hides. Every Monday we feature some of our...
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The Week on Instagram | 18
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Getty’s Chip Somodevilla turns the lens on WH photographers
Follow your favorite UNC basketball players on Instagram!
The Boston Phoenix rounds up Instagram photos of the “Back Bay Blaze”
The Instagram team continues to grow! Meet @dantoffey.
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Weekend Hashtag Project: This weekend’s project is #chasinglight.
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Recap: Worldwide...
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Photo Tips: Underwater Photography
Whether on a tropical vacation, a quick trip to the local beach, or someone’s backyard pool, summertime is quickly approaching along with the iPhone’s worst enemy — water. We’ve all heard, seen, or experienced what happens when the iPhone and water mix, but with a waterproof case you won’t have to abandon your iPhone on your beach towel anymore!
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There are two...
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Photo Feature Friday: Iditarod
On Tuesday evening, 25 year-old Dallas Seavey was crowned the youngest musher (dog sled racer) ever to win the grueling 1,000 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The annual race is run every March from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Mushers and a team of 12-16 dogs cover the distance in 9–15 days.
The Iditarod is the most popular sporting event in Alaska where top mushers and their teams of...
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Welcome to the Instagram Team, Dan Toffey!
Instagram Name: @dantoffey
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Position at Instagram: Community
Everyone here at Instagram is thrilled to welcome Dan Toffey to our team! Dan holds a degree in Political Science from Reed College and comes to us straight from Washington, D.C. where he was the CFTC’s web communications manager.
Dan is passionate about Instagram’s potential as a...
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User Discovery: @pauloctavious Looks for The Best...
With millions of people around the world sharing beautiful photos on Instagram, what’s the best way to go about making connections with other users? In this series, we’ll share stories from users who’ve taken unique approaches to developing genuine connections on Instagram and feature them along with photos from their favorite users.
@pauloctavious was looking for the best...
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Spotlight: Japan One Year After Tohoku
A year ago this week Japan was hit by the Tohoku earthquake. It measured at a 9.0 magnitude, the most powerful known earthquake to have ever hit the island nation. The quake triggered a 133 foot tsunami, moved Honshu 8 feet east and shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of somewhere between 4 and 10 inches.
Over the past year, many of our amazing Japanese Instagram users have captured...
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Recap: Worldwide InstaMeet
Thanks to all the Instagrammers around the world who participated in our fourth Worldwide InstaMeet! This past Saturday, photo snappers from Venezuela to Malaysia to the Netherlands organized meetups with fellow Instagram lovers in their area.
We had a blast tagging along on a walk in SXSW host city Austin, Texas. We’re already looking forward to the next Worldwide InstaMeet, but in the...
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The Week on Instagram | 17
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Today is Worldwide InstaMeet Day! Find a meetup in your hometown.
The Instagram team grew by 2! Meet @baileyelaine and @ryangomba.
Kickstarter Campaign: InstaPrint!
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Weekend Hashtag Project: On hiatus this week for the Worldwide InstaMeet. View photos from the last project, #farawaypeople.
Austin bound: Instagram Guide to SXSW
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User Discovery: @moneal...
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Photo Feature Friday: Holi
@renamalka
@vikasvasudev
@manishkanojia
@exhilarating
@vrntrc28
@binit
@davaishsingh
@chadbowie
@360meridianos
This past week Hindus everywhere celebrated Holi, an annual festival of colors that signals the start of spring. Thousands of people took to the...
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Instagram at South By Southwest!
South by Southwest is a technology conference, music and film festival that brings some of the most creative people in each industry together in Austin, Texas. The following is a guide to finding Instagram at SXSX 2012!
Interactive Panels SXSW badge-holders can hear Instagram team members speak on the following panels:
Is Our Photo-Madness Creating Mediocrity or Magic?
Design and the Mobile...
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User Discovery: @moneal Features...
With millions of people around the world sharing beautiful photos on Instagram, what’s the best way to go about making connections with other users? (Hint: It’s not by posting “Follow me” comments on photos that make the Popular page.) In this series, we’ll share stories from other users who’ve taken unique approaches to developing genuine connections on...
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Welcome to the Instagram Team, Bailey Richardson!
Instagram Name: @baileyelaine
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Position at Instagram: Community
Everyone here at Instagram is very excited to welcome our newest member, Bailey Richardson! She holds a degree in American Studies from Stanford and has previously worked with the SFMOMA in communications and recently Ugallery as the Community & Marketing Manager.
We asked Bailey what she was most...
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #farawaypeople
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes & hashtags chosen by Instagram’s Community Team. For a chance to be featured on the Instagram blog, follow @instagram and look for a photo from her announcing the weekend’s project every Friday.
This weekend’s theme was #farawaypeople, which asked participants to capture candid or posed photographs of people from a...
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Welcome to the Instagram Team, Ryan Gomba!
Instagram Name: @ryangomba
Hometown: Hopewell Junction (yes, a junction), NY
Position at Instagram: Engineer
We’re excited to welcome the latest addition to our team, Ryan Gomba, who comes to us straight out of Georgia Tech (he actually hasn’t graduated, yet!) where he studied Computer Science and ran D1 track.
Ryan held an internship at SimpleGeo last summer, a geo-location...
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The Week on Instagram | 16
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Instagram Version 2.2 gives you a faster camera and more
Instagram Portraits of the New York Yankees
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Weekend Hashtag Project: #farawaypeople. View photos from the last project, #tunnelvisions.
Worldwide InstaMeet: Join Instagrammers in your city next Sunday, March 11, for a photowalk!
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Featured: Meet @philgonzalez.
InstaCity: Adelaide, South...
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Featured: Meet @philgonzalez
With over 300 cities preparing for the Worldwide InstaMeet on 11 March, this week we’re featuring an Instagram user who has helped other users plan meetups all around the world and shares Instagram tips on his fan blog, instagramers.com. Meet Philippe Gonzalez!
Name: Philippe Gonzalez, @philgonzalez
Bio: Founder of the @Igers network, a community of city-based Instagram groups
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Photo Feature Friday: Jump!
February 29th, also known as Leap Day, is an extra calendar day that is observed every four years. It takes about 365 days and 6 hours for the earth to completely revolve around the sun and after four years, once an extra 24 hours has built up, one additional day is added to keep the calendar year synched up with the astronomical year. Pretty neat, right? In honor of this past week’s extra...
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Photos: Massive Midwest Storms
A massive storm system that produced tornadoes as strong as EF4 plowed through the Midwest this week, caused widespread damage, tragically claimed at least 13 lives, and left many more injured. More storms with the possibility of tornadoes are expected on Friday.
Our thoughts go out to those who have been affected, and we hope everyone in the Midwest stays safe in the upcoming days. You can...
