Thing of the Week

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A slow weekly photo game

Thing of the Week is a slow photo game for friends, families, and communities. Each round someone in the group takes on the role of Chair and picks a theme, then everyone has ten days to photograph something fitting the theme out in the world. The Chair then chooses their favourite response, and the winner becomes the next round's Chair.

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Who saw the best beetle? How about cityscapes, or flowers?

How it works

How a week goes

  1. 1
    Make or join a groupBring in friends and family, or join a public group.
  2. 2
    The Chair picks the themeMaybe "leaf of the week", maybe "best doorway". Whatever suits the group.
  3. 3
    Everyone has ten daysKeep an eye out as you go about your week, then submit one photo.
  4. 4
    The Chair picks a winnerOne favourite from everything the group submitted.
  5. 5
    The winner takes the ChairThey set next week's theme, and it carries on from there.

Make it yours

Start a group around anything

Make a group for whatever you and your friends pay attention to.

Public or private

Keep it to friends with an invite link, or open it up so anyone can join.

Fresh or fixed themes

A new theme each week, or one permanent theme the group sticks to forever.

Your rules

Set strict theme rules — a whole bitcoin-only group if you like — or let the winner pick anything at all.

Up to 25 players

Big enough to be fun, small enough that judging never feels like a chore.

Best on your phone

Add it to your home screen

Installed, it runs full-screen and can nudge you when a new round opens or it's your turn to judge.

  1. Open in your browserSafari on iPhone, Chrome on Android.
  2. Tap ShareThe square-with-an-arrow icon.
  3. Add to Home ScreenNow it lives with your other apps.

Turn your attention to the things around you.