What would happen if two of the digital world's hottest startups, Pinterest and Instagram, were mashed into one?
Two friends decided to find out, in a weekend coding adventure that began as a joke.
Pek Pongpaet and Brandon Leonardo were discussing how many startups are pitched to VC firms with phrases such as "We're an X for Y, like an AirBnB for dogs," Pongpaet told Mashable.
The duo realized a "Pinterest for Instagram" would be the most extreme example, and thus Pinstagram was born.
"Over the weekend I started hacking away at it," Pek says. "People seem to like what we came up with."
After connecting your Instagram account, you view your photo stream in the waterfall layout Pinterest is known for, and has since spread across the web. You can like and comment on photos, as in the Instagram app. At the same time, you can pin photos to your Pinterest pinboards.
For Pek, Pinstagram fills a big void in the Instagram ecosystem — an easy way to browse your photos on a desktop browser.
"This is the perfect interface for Instagram for me," Pek says, noting he uses Instagram more through Pinstagram than ever before. "A lot of people are still browsing the web on desktops."
In addition to desktop browsing, Pinstagram improves Instagram's search feature, adding a search tab in the top left corner.
Now in its second week, the site still has some glitches — the "Sign in with Instagram" button didn't work the first few times we tried logging in. Still, don't expect this to be the last you see from Pinstagram. Pek can see iPad and desktop apps coming in the future.
This isn't the first mashup of Pinterest and Instagram we've seen. Pingram, from Italian web developer Gennaro Varriale, was also created in one weekend in March. But Pinstagram seems to display larger pictures in some browsers, and new pictures arrive with a pleasant animation (as opposed to Pingram's static look).
Will this mashup see the success of its inspirations, Instagram and Pinterest? Which do you like better, Pinstagram or Pingram? Let us know in the comments.
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This Instagram'd bangle on Etsy is made by BuyMyCrap.
"We fell in love with the Instagram process and how it allows you to create pieces representative of yesteryear with different tones, filters and effects," says Lainey Bard, who's affectionately known by her customers as Mrs. Crap. "Since we create wearable works of art, we decided to include Instagram inspired pieces in our shop."
The Craps access the Instagram API via iPod to pull photos. Bangles are sold for $40.
If you're on Instagram, odds are you have an iPhone 4 or 4S -- create a custom iPhone case on Casetagram to protect it.
Photos can be laid out in various ways — in small square, in squares of varying sizes (left), within bubbles or honeycombs and in shapes, like a heart.
The cases offer a fun way to show off your favorite things, and they're always a conversation starter. The shell background can be white, black or transparent, and the cases sell for $34.95 a pop.
These coasters are made by Allison Kaye and sold on Etsy. Kaye prints pictures with her high quality photo professional printer to make sure they are crisp and vivid.
"I have been a user of Instagram since it started, and have just always loved the photos," Kaye says. "I wanted a way to show them off and had seen someone who used decorative paper to make coasters and thought, 'I'd love to show off my Instagram photos in the same way!'"
Kaye says she's had a huge influx of customers, especially during the holidays. While you can choose photos from a friend's feed through Gramfeed or Statigr.am — making it more personal — her city collections for Chicago and New York have been the most popular item. "The city ones seem to be a good base for gifts," she says.
With an API and a printer, the possibilities are endless. Kaye says she plans to "add more 'basic' packages to my coaster collection, such as nature, more cities and possibly bar-related themes."
ImageSnap (formerly TeenyTile) creates ceramic tiles from your Instagram pics. As Teeny Tiles, the company focused on 2" by 2" tiles, but now there are various sizes, up to 12" square, and you can choose a glossy or matte finish.
Depending on the size, you can use them as magnets (they come with an adhesive magnet), paperweights, wall decor and even create an artsy mosaic. The 2" tiles are $4 a pop.
Whether you're decorating your home, your laptop, your school notebooks or your cube, you might have use for Instagram stickers. Printstagram offers 252 stickers for $10, and each sticker is 20mm square.
(ArtFlakes is another great sticker option, but the company is improving the design for the ArtStickers, so you won't be able to get Instagram stickers for a few weeks.)
StickyGram is a London-based company that turns your Instagrams into magnets that are the size of the Instagrams on your phone. You can order a batch of nine magnets for $14.99 with free shipping.
Kejia Zhu came up with StickyGram in February 2011 — he had been playing around with Instagram, and when the API was announced, "printing magnets seemed like a cool way to use it." He threw up a landing page and had 1,400 signups within a week.
Thus far, "the response has been astounding," he says. From day one, StickyGrams has offered free shipping, but Zhu says it's paid off. "To date, StickyGrams have been sent to over 80 different countries. It's still a bit of a shock to see orders from places like Azerbaijan and Peru, but it goes to show how global the Instagram community is."
We've bought StickyGrams of our own, and we're a big fan.
CanvasPop created special technology so that Instagram pics could be blown up to 12" ($39.95) or 20" ($59.95) squares on stretched canvas.
CanvasPop co-founder Adrian Salamunovic has been a huge fan of Instagram from day one, so he experimented using his own Instagram photos until CanvasPop "cracked the code" on how to make Instagram pictures hi-res enough for canvas. Launched just a few months ago, the Instagram prints now comprise around 15% of the orders, says Salamunovic.
"Instagram users tend to be artistic, creative hyper-connected influencers and the Instagram aesthetic translates remarkably well onto canvas," he adds. "We learned a lot from Kodak's failure to innovate in an ever-changing market -- and we want to make sure we never stop listening to the market and taking advantage of new exciting opportunities in the marketplace."
And the reception has been great -- an ongoing contest to win a free Instagram CanvasPop has garnered 4,000 entries.
A year never looked so good. Keepsy lets you make a calendar from your Instagram pics with a dead-simple, drag-and-drop interface (left). The final product is 11" by 8.5" and starts at $19.99.
There's also Calendagram, a mobile app that lets you pick 12 Instagram photos for a customized calendar. It's a great last-minute gift idea, especially if you're on the go.
Postagram lets you send a postcard from your phone for $0.99 each (the app is free). The postcard comes with a pop-out Instagram photo for the recipient to hold on to. It's a great message to send home if you're traveling, and a fun twist on snail mail, especially for birthday cards.
Photo albums don't just belong on Facebook anymore. Self-publishing platform Blurb lets you create your own photo book, chock full of Instagrams. A softcover book with 20 pages of Instagrams costs $10.95, and you can also get a hardcover and go up to 240 pages, if you have a lot of pics to flaunt.
Firebox lets you print a poster that's a collage of your Instagram pics. It makes for great wall decor, especially if you can't pick just a few pics to print out from CanvasPop or Hatchbox.
Soon, you'll even be able to have your own Instaprint, a location-based photobooth developed by Breakfast — the guys behind the Conan Foursquare blimp.
Instaprint prints Instagrams based on a location or hashtag, and there's a Kickstarter campaign running to bring it to market for Instagrammers like you. We imagine the Instaprint would be a nifty thing to have around the office and at parties.
This Instagram'd bangle on Etsy is made by BuyMyCrap.
"We fell in love with the Instagram process and how it allows you to create pieces representative of yesteryear with different tones, filters and effects," says Lainey Bard, who's affectionately known by her customers as Mrs. Crap. "Since we create wearable works of art, we decided to include Instagram inspired pieces in our shop."
The Craps access the Instagram API via iPod to pull photos. Bangles are sold for $40.
If you're on Instagram, odds are you have an iPhone 4 or 4S -- create a custom iPhone case on Casetagram to protect it.
Photos can be laid out in various ways — in small square, in squares of varying sizes (left), within bubbles or honeycombs and in shapes, like a heart.
The cases offer a fun way to show off your favorite things, and they're always a conversation starter. The shell background can be white, black or transparent, and the cases sell for $34.95 a pop.
These coasters are made by Allison Kaye and sold on Etsy. Kaye prints pictures with her high quality photo professional printer to make sure they are crisp and vivid.
"I have been a user of Instagram since it started, and have just always loved the photos," Kaye says. "I wanted a way to show them off and had seen someone who used decorative paper to make coasters and thought, 'I'd love to show off my Instagram photos in the same way!'"
Kaye says she's had a huge influx of customers, especially during the holidays. While you can choose photos from a friend's feed through Gramfeed or Statigr.am — making it more personal — her city collections for Chicago and New York have been the most popular item. "The city ones seem to be a good base for gifts," she says.
With an API and a printer, the possibilities are endless. Kaye says she plans to "add more 'basic' packages to my coaster collection, such as nature, more cities and possibly bar-related themes."
ImageSnap (formerly TeenyTile) creates ceramic tiles from your Instagram pics. As Teeny Tiles, the company focused on 2" by 2" tiles, but now there are various sizes, up to 12" square, and you can choose a glossy or matte finish.
Depending on the size, you can use them as magnets (they come with an adhesive magnet), paperweights, wall decor and even create an artsy mosaic. The 2" tiles are $4 a pop.
Whether you're decorating your home, your laptop, your school notebooks or your cube, you might have use for Instagram stickers. Printstagram offers 252 stickers for $10, and each sticker is 20mm square.
(ArtFlakes is another great sticker option, but the company is improving the design for the ArtStickers, so you won't be able to get Instagram stickers for a few weeks.)
StickyGram is a London-based company that turns your Instagrams into magnets that are the size of the Instagrams on your phone. You can order a batch of nine magnets for $14.99 with free shipping.
Kejia Zhu came up with StickyGram in February 2011 — he had been playing around with Instagram, and when the API was announced, "printing magnets seemed like a cool way to use it." He threw up a landing page and had 1,400 signups within a week.
Thus far, "the response has been astounding," he says. From day one, StickyGrams has offered free shipping, but Zhu says it's paid off. "To date, StickyGrams have been sent to over 80 different countries. It's still a bit of a shock to see orders from places like Azerbaijan and Peru, but it goes to show how global the Instagram community is."
We've bought StickyGrams of our own, and we're a big fan.
Hatchcraft's bamboo Boo Box is a beautiful and elegant way to display photographs. Like the filters themselves, the bamboo frame makes photos look a little more sophisticated, and they add a great touch of personality to a home.
CanvasPop created special technology so that Instagram pics could be blown up to 12" ($39.95) or 20" ($59.95) squares on stretched canvas.
CanvasPop co-founder Adrian Salamunovic has been a huge fan of Instagram from day one, so he experimented using his own Instagram photos until CanvasPop "cracked the code" on how to make Instagram pictures hi-res enough for canvas. Launched just a few months ago, the Instagram prints now comprise around 15% of the orders, says Salamunovic.
"Instagram users tend to be artistic, creative hyper-connected influencers and the Instagram aesthetic translates remarkably well onto canvas," he adds. "We learned a lot from Kodak's failure to innovate in an ever-changing market -- and we want to make sure we never stop listening to the market and taking advantage of new exciting opportunities in the marketplace."
And the reception has been great -- an ongoing contest to win a free Instagram CanvasPop has garnered 4,000 entries.
A year never looked so good. Keepsy lets you make a calendar from your Instagram pics with a dead-simple, drag-and-drop interface (left). The final product is 11" by 8.5" and starts at $19.99.
There's also Calendagram, a mobile app that lets you pick 12 Instagram photos for a customized calendar. It's a great last-minute gift idea, especially if you're on the go.
Postagram lets you send a postcard from your phone for $0.99 each (the app is free). The postcard comes with a pop-out Instagram photo for the recipient to hold on to. It's a great message to send home if you're traveling, and a fun twist on snail mail, especially for birthday cards.
Photo albums don't just belong on Facebook anymore. Self-publishing platform Blurb lets you create your own photo book, chock full of Instagrams. A softcover book with 20 pages of Instagrams costs $10.95, and you can also get a hardcover and go up to 240 pages, if you have a lot of pics to flaunt.
The Blurb books are great for the coffee table, but if you're looking for something a little more portable, try a Printstagram tinybook (left). Too tiny? There's also a "minibook" that's a tad bigger, featuring Instagrams at approximately the same size as they appear on your phone.
Firebox lets you print a poster that's a collage of your Instagram pics. It makes for great wall decor, especially if you can't pick just a few pics to print out from CanvasPop or Hatchbox.
Soon, you'll even be able to have your own Instaprint, a location-based photobooth developed by Breakfast — the guys behind the Conan Foursquare blimp.
Instaprint prints Instagrams based on a location or hashtag, and there's a Kickstarter campaign running to bring it to market for Instagrammers like you. We imagine the Instaprint would be a nifty thing to have around the office and at parties.
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