Poladroid

Bridging the analog/digital gap is a worthwhile consideration in designing today’s products and experiences. There are definitely cost, availability, scalability, and ease issues associated with digital products, but the digitization of an analog experience often loses a key element of the story.

Poladroid is a fantastic cross-over from the analog space to the digital realm. Highly recommended and very fun to use.

This is application for Mac users that converts a digital image into a very good imitation of a Polaroid photograph. Not only does the application make the noise of a Polaroid taking a photo, but you even have to wait for the image to “develop.” It’s funny, because Polaroid is “instant” film which was supposed to be an improvement on celluloid film, but in the digital age, Polaroid has been replaced with truly instant photography and now the formerly-known-as-instant Polaroid process is relatively time-consuming.

But seriously, download this application. It’s great. If you use a PC, it is supposed to be available some time in November.

(Thanks to Wummer. Hey, your Phillies did alright.)