[jperras]

The cognitive load of the notifications is an interesting point that I hadn't considered; I can see myself being distracted by those in the workflow I proposed in my previous comment.

I wonder if much of this could be solved by OS-level functionality (or at least having it in a developer-accessible SDK) that allows the new "always-on" lock screens to immediately trigger an application on a single tap.

[Hextinium]

This is on some android phones, double tapping power will open the camera. I use it all the time to take pictures of information that I don't want to write down, package numbers, measurements, error logs, all just tap tap, point, volume down.

[Terr_]

> information that I don't want to write down

I occasionally use it that way for painted labels on parking-spaces at the airport. (I have yet to need them, but it seems a reasonable precaution given how even a small amount of floor/zone/row forgetfulness could leave me wandering the 10,000-spot complex.)

That said, I also find myself wishing I could mark those photos as "temporary", so that they get auto-deleted within a month or whatever.

[dmd]

Easy! At least on iphone, photos you delete are saved in the trash for 30 days. So - take the photo, and immediately delete it.

Assuming you're not parking for more than a month, your photo will be in the trash if you need it, and will be automatically deleted if you don't!

[dave7]

> This is on some android phones, double tapping power will open the camera.

Holy... wow, thank you!