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Re: Snapjoy (YC S11) launches one-click importers and Windows uploader

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Post by jmathai » Thu, Aug 16, 2012, 4:05 AM UTC

webwanderings wrote: post #8

jmathai wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have a look at OpenPhoto (self installed or hosted, a la Wordpress). Lets you select where you want your photos to be stored (Dropbox, S3, etc) and provides web and mobile apps to access them. Also, completely open source[1]. http://theopenphotoproject.org Disclaimer: I'm the lead dev on OpenPhoto [1] https://github.com/openphoto/frontend

Why should I use a photo app if I'm using Dropbox?

We actually blogged about this[1].

Dropbox isn't really optimized for photos. It does a great job backing up and syncing across devices but that's about where it stops in relation to photos.

We provide a layer on top of Dropbox. You can better organize your photos using albums or tags. Metadata from your photos are automatically extracted (title, tags, geolocation). There's a proper photo API for creating and using additional apps. There's plenty more but the blog post[1] covers it well if you're curious or ping me :).

http://blog.theopenphotoproject.org/post/27569670276/all-you...

Re: Snapjoy (YC S11) launches one-click importers and Windows uploader

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Post by jmathai » Thu, Aug 16, 2012, 4:53 AM UTC

callmevlad wrote: post #10

I'm in the same boat as nchuhoai, but I now have over 500GB of photos and videos to worry about (get a DSLR and some photogenic kids, and you'll see how quickly the GBs add up, even after heavy editing/deletion). With DSLRs becoming more popular, and HD-quality video becoming more mainstream, I suspect that storing, sharing, and backing up these memories will become a much bigger concern for many people. Snapjoy's pr…

If you use OpenPhoto and use your own S3 bucket then you basically have a backup and sharing service in one. For 500GB you're probably cheaper than whatever iCloud is costing you plus you have similar if not better tools to manage and share your photos.

Edit: I'm not trying to hijack this Snapjoy thread btw :)

Re: Snapjoy (YC S11) launches one-click importers and Windows uploader

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Post by nchuhoai » Thu, Aug 16, 2012, 2:28 PM UTC

siculars wrote: post #5

nchuhoai wrote: post #4

IMHO the most important feature any service that I trust my most previous assets, my photos with, is the ease of which I can take my photos off. I currently have around 60 gigs of photos that I am in desperate need for an easy solution for sharing and storage for. Even keeping it in the iPhoto folder format right now makes me dizzy for the future, but I havent found one service yet that meet me criteria. Most are gre…

Under no circumstance will I keep photos natively in the iPhoto application/folder. What I do is go to the advanced tab in iPhoto and tell iPhoto NOT to pull a copy into it's directory. Simply unload your photos into the filesystem somewhere and drop that folder in iPhoto. Keeping your photos beholden to iPhoto is just asking for trouble.

I agree and wish I had not done that. But before I go through all the hassle and export everything, I want to make to make sure not to run into the exact same problem again.

Re: Snapjoy (YC S11) launches one-click importers and Windows uploader

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Post by siculars » Thu, Aug 16, 2012, 7:59 PM UTC

jfb wrote: post #9

siculars wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Under no circumstance will I keep photos natively in the iPhoto application/folder. What I do is go to the advanced tab in iPhoto and tell iPhoto NOT to pull a copy into it's directory. Simply unload your photos into the filesystem somewhere and drop that folder in iPhoto. Keeping your photos beholden to iPhoto is just asking for trouble.

Keeping your photos beholden to iPhoto is just asking for trouble. Why? I'm curious. Do you believe that iPhoto will stop being able to export your photos?

The way I look at it is that photos equal files and files should be in folders accessible via a simple file manager. iPhoto subverts that model turning it on its head and makes your photos beholden to it by burying them within its internal structure. iTunes does a similar thing to music files.

It is clear that Apple is attempting to abstract away user control over their digital assets by giving that control to their applications.

Re: Snapjoy (YC S11) launches one-click importers and Windows uploader

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Post by jfb » Thu, Aug 16, 2012, 8:05 PM UTC

siculars wrote: post #14

jfb wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keeping your photos beholden to iPhoto is just asking for trouble. Why? I'm curious. Do you believe that iPhoto will stop being able to export your photos?

The way I look at it is that photos equal files and files should be in folders accessible via a simple file manager. iPhoto subverts that model turning it on its head and makes your photos beholden to it by burying them within its internal structure. iTunes does a similar thing to music files. It is clear that Apple is attempting to abstract away user control over their digital assets by giving that control to their…

Ah. OK. Personally, I care about my photos and music; the files are incidental to the content. Both iTunes and iPhoto (or Aperture, in my case) privilege the content over the file structure, and to my way of thinking, that's correct behaviour. Of course, to each their own.

Re: Snapjoy (YC S11) launches one-click importers and Windows uploader

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Post by callmevlad » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 4:19 AM UTC

jmathai wrote: post #12

callmevlad wrote: post #10

I'm in the same boat as nchuhoai, but I now have over 500GB of photos and videos to worry about (get a DSLR and some photogenic kids, and you'll see how quickly the GBs add up, even after heavy editing/deletion). With DSLRs becoming more popular, and HD-quality video becoming more mainstream, I suspect that storing, sharing, and backing up these memories will become a much bigger concern for many people. Snapjoy's pr…

If you use OpenPhoto and use your own S3 bucket then you basically have a backup and sharing service in one. For 500GB you're probably cheaper than whatever iCloud is costing you plus you have similar if not better tools to manage and share your photos. Edit: I'm not trying to hijack this Snapjoy thread btw :)

Storing 500GB on S3 would cost me over $60/month, which is pretty hard to swallow.

Re: Snapjoy (YC S11) launches one-click importers and Windows uploader

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Post by jmathai » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 6:33 PM UTC

callmevlad wrote: post #16

jmathai wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you use OpenPhoto and use your own S3 bucket then you basically have a backup and sharing service in one. For 500GB you're probably cheaper than whatever iCloud is costing you plus you have similar if not better tools to manage and share your photos. Edit: I'm not trying to hijack this Snapjoy thread btw :)

Storing 500GB on S3 would cost me over $60/month, which is pretty hard to swallow.

Oh, I just meant in terms of what iCloud charges it's about 1/2.

ATM 500GB is a pretty large in terms of options for consumer storage. Good thing is that the prices should continually go down. Bad thing is you'll continually be accruing more and more photos :).

It's a great question though. That 500GB of photos has some real value to you. I wonder what that is. And what the risk of losing it by backing up at home vs S3 vs home + S3.