Ross Scrivener@scrivna

1) What is 365 Project? 2) How 365project.org started3) Current state of the site4) Technical details5) The future

What is 365 Project? 

• portrait, life, dogs

1 photo each day for a year

• Share with your friends • Visual diary

What is 365 Project? 

What were you doing...

2 months ago?

What is 365 Project? 

What were you doing...

1 year ago?

What is 365 Project? 

What were you doing...

2 years ago?

What is 365 Project? 

"When I started this project I knew I'd see many fantastic photos, but in a million years, I would not have expected to find such kind and warmhearted people sharing thoughts, ideas, and appreciation for each others' work... professionals and hobbyists alike."

Jeremy Nelson 365project.org/jeremy480

What is 365 Project? 

What is 365 Project? 

Meet Ups

How did it get started? 

• December 2006• February 2009• January 2010

How did it get started? 

• December 2006• February 2009• January 2010

How did it get started? 

• December 2006• February 2009• January 2010

• Discussions• Facebook• Mobile site• Ace Membership

Current state of the site

• 25,000 users• 150,000 connections

• 600,000 photos• 1800 photos a day

• 1TB of photos stored• 22 million photos served

from S3 each month

• 1.5 million photo comments• 600 theme entries / week• 2,500 discussions

• 10% mobile traffic• 35% traffic from Facebook• Every country in the world

Technical Details

• VPS server• PHP• MySQL Database

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• Memcache• Queue system• Amazon Cloud Services

The Future

$$$???

365project.org

Ross Scrivener @scrivna