How a Great App Recommendation “Engaged Me”, Thanks to TechCrunch & Animoto
Those of you who know me know that I’m engulfed by two passions: great app recommendations (at OpenCandy) by day and my incredible girlfriend Gracie the rest of the time. A combination of the two serendipitously led to my engagement (to my aforementioned girlfriend-turned-fiancé) last night. And I owe it all (well the successful proposal part) to a great web app: Animoto.
Almost one year ago to the day, I was reading a post entitled “Happy Birthday Animoto. You Guys Make Me Happy” by an unusually upbeat Mike Arrington which was as strong a recommendation as I’ve ever read on TechCrunch. Fast-forward a year of serious app-crushes/gushes on Animoto by not only Mike, but a few of the other TechCrunch guys (Erick Schonfield, Jason Kincaid and MG Siegler) as well as some non-blogger, real-life friends of mine; and I was convinced this was “the one” (the app that was going to help me create this special moment).
So, when I started planning the perfect way to propose, I decided to accept the recommendation, fire up Animoto, and created a montage from 133 photos and 2 songs that epitomized the seven years that I’ve known Gracie. I then loaded the “beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video piece from my media” (as Animoto describes so humbly) onto my iPhone. Gracie and I took an afternoon trip to Sea World yesterday and I proceeded to rely on technology to help me close the most important deal of my life… and it worked!
The moral of the story? Apps don’t only solve problems; great apps can change lives. So don’t stop recommending the great ones to one another!
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