Comments on: Job Security (Does the photo sharing site I want exist?) http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/ Handmade Software Experiences Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:03:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: goutham http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-59818 goutham Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:46:13 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-59818 http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrhacks/discuss/72157606557946184/#comment72157606575122796 :-) http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrhacks/discuss/72157606557946184/#comment72157606575122796

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]]> By: John Clifford http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58524 John Clifford Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:27:13 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58524 I use Adobe Lightroom and a smugmug plugin that synchs photos from a particular catalog. smugmug has several plugins for Mac and PC an supports uploads of large files and video and photos loook awesome on large monitors or flat screen TV. No plugin for Apple TV yet. I use Adobe Lightroom and a smugmug plugin that synchs photos from a particular catalog. smugmug has several plugins for Mac and PC an supports uploads of large files and video and photos loook awesome on large monitors or flat screen TV. No plugin for Apple TV yet.

]]> By: kintan http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58519 kintan Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:11:18 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58519 these are cool ideas. sounds like a good next project for JFM!! these are cool ideas. sounds like a good next project for JFM!!

]]> By: david http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58483 david Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:49:34 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58483 iPhoto plus web galleries is nearly all of this. You create a folder in iphoto, drag a bunch of photos to it, publish it as a gallery. Photos are uploaded in the background. You can invite others, they enter with password only. You can even allow them to add photos themselves, maybe its the little league album. I don't think you can edit the css, but every album has 4 pretty nice different views that any viewer can select between. You can even add photos from an iPhone or any device that supports email to the gallery over the wireless network. I used this for a garage sale. I created a gallery, posted a link to the gallery on a craigslist page. Went outside, took pics on my phone, sent them to gallery from device - done. iPhoto plus web galleries is nearly all of this. You create a folder in iphoto, drag a bunch of photos to it, publish it as a gallery. Photos are uploaded in the background. You can invite others, they enter with password only. You can even allow them to add photos themselves, maybe its the little league album. I don’t think you can edit the css, but every album has 4 pretty nice different views that any viewer can select between. You can even add photos from an iPhone or any device that supports email to the gallery over the wireless network. I used this for a garage sale. I created a gallery, posted a link to the gallery on a craigslist page. Went outside, took pics on my phone, sent them to gallery from device - done.

]]> By: DandyP http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58432 DandyP Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:52:54 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58432 Although it definitely doesn't do all the things you want, flickr does have a feature that is really useful for sharing photos without a password. You can select to share photos publicly using a URL that is generated using a GUID. Since the only link is from your account it shouldn't be visible to any web crawlers and saves the need even to give a password to relatives, just give the url. If i remember correctly it even has an expiry date you can set automatically. Possibly something to add into a solution that would be hosted on your own domain. Although it definitely doesn’t do all the things you want, flickr does have a feature that is really useful for sharing photos without a password. You can select to share photos publicly using a URL that is generated using a GUID. Since the only link is from your account it shouldn’t be visible to any web crawlers and saves the need even to give a password to relatives, just give the url.

If i remember correctly it even has an expiry date you can set automatically. Possibly something to add into a solution that would be hosted on your own domain.

]]> By: Coalsmith http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58400 Coalsmith Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:56:23 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58400 I like Photoworks. They have a bulk upload wizard. Print quality is good too. I like to keep prints around for the 'analog' folks in my household; Photoworks quality is great and pictures don't fade, as my inkjet versions do (lifetime about 18months). They have a good album printer and calendars, great gifts. I like Photoworks. They have a bulk upload wizard. Print quality is good too. I like to keep prints around for the ‘analog’ folks in my household; Photoworks quality is great and pictures don’t fade, as my inkjet versions do (lifetime about 18months). They have a good album printer and calendars, great gifts.

]]> By: Hillel http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58398 Hillel Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58398 @Don: Thanks for the nice words. Look forward to the sync tools. I will admit though that since sync is something that once you invest in it, you can't switch tools without wiping and reloading your whole account, I'm loathe to depend on a third-party sync tool for smugmug from a non-commercial venture. I worry that the thing will break, or mess up, or stop getting supported and my investment will be lost. @Domingo: I've been a loyal sharpcast user in the past and had many offers to try SugarSync. I honestly can't tell from your website to what extent I can share photos with other folks and to what degree the album and photo browsing UI have improved. You guys have been very forthright, so I appreciate the offer. Also, do you really support custom domains? @Speed: More like what Microsoft Max would have been some day, and maybe what SkyDrive/FolderShare might be someday. :) Though I'm not on the team anymore so I have no idea. @Aaron: I appreciate the pointer to the uploader, but what I'm really looking for is sync, not upload. And I don't need a rich client UI. All I need is a control panel where I can point it at a folder on my machine and every photo in the tree below that directory will be synced. @Don: Thanks for the nice words. Look forward to the sync tools. I will admit though that since sync is something that once you invest in it, you can’t switch tools without wiping and reloading your whole account, I’m loathe to depend on a third-party sync tool for smugmug from a non-commercial venture. I worry that the thing will break, or mess up, or stop getting supported and my investment will be lost.

@Domingo: I’ve been a loyal sharpcast user in the past and had many offers to try SugarSync. I honestly can’t tell from your website to what extent I can share photos with other folks and to what degree the album and photo browsing UI have improved. You guys have been very forthright, so I appreciate the offer. Also, do you really support custom domains?

@Speed: More like what Microsoft Max would have been some day, and maybe what SkyDrive/FolderShare might be someday. :) Though I’m not on the team anymore so I have no idea.

@Aaron: I appreciate the pointer to the uploader, but what I’m really looking for is sync, not upload. And I don’t need a rich client UI. All I need is a control panel where I can point it at a folder on my machine and every photo in the tree below that directory will be synced.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58392 Aaron Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:23:36 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58392 I'm not sure if you're running Win or Mac these days, but I just created a simple SmugMug uploader that is designed to take some of the pain out of mass uploading, with passwords, etc. (You just point it at a directory it takes care of the rest). It's here: http://www.wiredprairie.us/snugup (Win only). I'm working on a V2 already that adds the ability to selectively upload/resume. It's not my day job though, so development is slow going. :-) I’m not sure if you’re running Win or Mac these days, but I just created a simple SmugMug uploader that is designed to take some of the pain out of mass uploading, with passwords, etc. (You just point it at a directory it takes care of the rest). It’s here: http://www.wiredprairie.us/snugup (Win only). I’m working on a V2 already that adds the ability to selectively upload/resume. It’s not my day job though, so development is slow going. :-)

]]> By: Speed http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58389 Speed Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:14:57 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58389 A Microsoft Max meets Skydrive kinda thing? A Microsoft Max meets Skydrive kinda thing?

]]> By: Mike http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58388 Mike Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:43:50 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2008/04/03/job-security-does-the-photo-sharing-site-i-want-exist/#comment-58388 Interesting features... especially the background sync part. Am pretty sure you have tried Google Picasa... while not really a social site like Flickr and the rest... it does come very handy for uploading massive amount of photos up via their offline client. I guess it will be a matter of time before anyone outside those big photo sharing site to come up with an AIR type application that plugs into the api and allows for what you need... the sync and massive upload can be solved easily... the rest of your request... custom look and feel should not be too difficult. Most blogging sites have plenty of template style / css for your usage. The rest will be a bonus. :) May be someone should look into Zoto, which just gone open source with their code and could add those features in without starting from scratch... Interesting features… especially the background sync part. Am pretty sure you have tried Google Picasa… while not really a social site like Flickr and the rest… it does come very handy for uploading massive amount of photos up via their offline client.

I guess it will be a matter of time before anyone outside those big photo sharing site to come up with an AIR type application that plugs into the api and allows for what you need… the sync and massive upload can be solved easily… the rest of your request… custom look and feel should not be too difficult. Most blogging sites have plenty of template style / css for your usage.

The rest will be a bonus. :) May be someone should look into Zoto, which just gone open source with their code and could add those features in without starting from scratch…

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