#sharemyscreen on iOS4

Hello!

I’ve never really collected anything before. When I was young I tried most things; football cards, stickers, even stamps but I never really saw the point.

The launch of iOS4 on the iphone means that people can now arrange and classify their apps into folders and perhaps most importantly, name them. The ability to add wallpaper also allows people to express their individuality which again is interesting.

‘So what?’ you might think. At first thats what I thought. It wasn’t until I began organising and renaming folders that I began to realise that this process says something about a person. It’s a window into someone’s life and the things they are interested in. Does it also say something about how people compartmentalise their lives?

I decided to create a hashtag on Twitter called #sharemyscreen. I sent the following tweet;

‘I’m building a collection.. if you have iOS4 take a screenshot of your home screen and tweet it with #sharemyscreen hashtag. Pls RT!’

and shared my home screen below;

You’ll notice the way I classify folders isn’t a normal approach but it works for me! Since the, the lovely folk on Twitter have been retweeting my request and theres quite a selection growing. I’m going to share some below, with their owners twitter names so you can follow/sayhi/copy!

@Antalianna

@michaelvermaak

@jamescastleton

@DaveTreadwell

@mazherabidi

@AMonkster

@KDonohoe

@Scott0792

@Warrior7885

@makauk

@ulumarketing

If you’d like to share how you compartmentalise, please post a screenshot on Twitter using the hashtag #sharemyscreen and let me know @richard_baker

© richard baker 2010