We might have thought that online dating literally could not get any simpler with the advent of Tinder's now-ubiquitous swiping model, but why not make it even easier?
A ton of 'Tinder for X' apps have sprung up over the last year, with the 'swipe right, swipe left' model — a User Interface Stylect co-founder Giacomo Summa describes as "addictive" — proving popular with users and investors alike.
But the app later transitioned away from the pay-per-swipe business model to instead allow users to customize the content they received on their lockscreens, to include things like breaking news, funny pictures, or inspiring stories, for example.
While chip-enabled cards are certainly an improvement from the arcane swipe-and-signature model we've grown accustomed to, it does not eliminate the risk of when a thief gets their hands on our wallet or pocket book.
Swiping Elizabeth Kübler-Ross's model of dying, I'd described how people like me were coping with the possibility, hyped by the media, that Donald Trump could actually win the Republican nomination and the general election, following the seven stages of shock, denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, depression and acceptance of a more-than-hypothetical President Trump.
The content automatically starts with the swipe, and shows a model walking and living in the clothes to demonstrate fit.
That's the idea essentially behind Jobr, which is a mobile app that takes the Tinder "swipe left, swipe right" model and extends it to searching for a job.
"Imagine a world where you're, for example, sitting on your couch using this new interaction model to swipe through content on your phone, and it's showing up on the big screen".
A competitor, Jobr, which also employs the swipe-if-you-like model, uses information from LinkedIn to recommend jobs that candidates might find interesting.
What remains are two pieces of legislation that are narrowly tailored and commercially reasonable for taking an effective swipe at the business models of rogue sites".
