Comments on: Archiving our lives http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/12/05/archiving-our-lives/ Blogging the impact of computer-related technology trends, and whatever else catches my interest. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Elvin R http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/12/05/archiving-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-27022 Elvin R Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:00:30 +0000 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/12/05/archiving-our-lives/#comment-27022 Does misery love company? I have only had a camera for 5 years, and it is a digital 'point and click' camera. I am averaging 1200 pictures a year at this time. I am a perfectionist regarding the use of computing and have been frustrated that my picture collection is now across 2 laptops and 1 desktop.I am less critical of my situation, knowing that even a computer industry 'hall of famer' has similar digital picture organizational concerns. I have been reading your blog and am also submitting my comment from my blackberry as I put my 2 year old daughter to sleep. Perhaps when the kids grow up I will have time to consolidate all those pictures!! Until I can organize pictures from my blackberry, I will not realistically have time to spend multiple hours on such a project. (Having a 2 year old "rascal" and a 4 month old "infant" AND STILL successfully finding time to broaden my professional skills, keep abreast with the industry, and maintain professional contacts is more than a tall order. Thankfully it is self-rewarding since the feedback I am receiving at work and at home indicates I am on the right track.) Nonetheless, I look forward to reviewing your future blogs while simultaneously rocking my daughter to sleep. Thank you for sharing!!!! Does misery love company? I have only had a camera for 5 years, and it is a digital ‘point and click’ camera. I am averaging 1200 pictures a year at this time. I am a perfectionist regarding the use of computing and have been frustrated that my picture collection is now across 2 laptops and 1 desktop.I am less critical of my situation, knowing that even a computer industry ‘hall of famer’ has similar digital picture organizational concerns.

I have been reading your blog and am also submitting my comment from my blackberry as I put my 2 year old daughter to sleep.

Perhaps when the kids grow up I will have time to consolidate all those pictures!!

Until I can organize pictures from my blackberry, I will not realistically have time to spend multiple hours on such a project. (Having a 2 year old “rascal” and a 4 month old “infant” AND STILL successfully finding time to broaden my professional skills, keep abreast with the industry, and maintain professional contacts is more than a tall order. Thankfully it is self-rewarding since the feedback I am receiving at work and at home indicates I am on the right track.)

Nonetheless, I look forward to reviewing your future blogs while simultaneously rocking my daughter to sleep.

Thank you for sharing!!!!

]]> By: ed http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/12/05/archiving-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-26743 ed Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:29:05 +0000 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/12/05/archiving-our-lives/#comment-26743 Gregorz, Thanks for sharing the details of your approach to the same situation; I have also heard very good things about Picasa. I hope it works well for you! Sincerely, Ed Yourdon Gregorz,

Thanks for sharing the details of your approach to the same situation; I have also heard very good things about Picasa. I hope it works well for you!

Sincerely,
Ed Yourdon

]]> By: Grzegorz http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/12/05/archiving-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-26325 Grzegorz Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:34:42 +0000 http://www.yourdonreport.com/index.php/2007/12/05/archiving-our-lives/#comment-26325 Hi Ed, I am still on the Dark Side, and I am typing this on my laptop with Windows - but in two or three weeks time it may change :). I know what you mean be managing thousands of photos. I have been photographing for about 15 years. I have come to the some conclusions in area of backup as you. Currently my first backup is external USB hard drive and the second is bunch of DVDs in bank vault. Unfortunately managing of this backup is really time consuming. I have small private procedure for it and I do it once it two months. About half a year ago I have started using Picasa (http://picasa.google.com) software. In my opinion on PC it is effective and as far as I was able to research from the http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/ has similar functionality to iPhoto. It will take a lot of effort for tag all photos, and put them into correct albums with correct names and in correct chronology. But finally when you have all albums created, tagged and ready in Picasa you can upload and share them on the Picasaweb http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/. Finally you will have more or less the same solution as proposed by you but this time on Win PC. Best Regards, Grzegorz Scislo Hi Ed,

I am still on the Dark Side, and I am typing this on my laptop with Windows – but in two or three weeks time it may change :) . I know what you mean be managing thousands of photos. I have been photographing for about 15 years. I have come to the some conclusions in area of backup as you. Currently my first backup is external USB hard drive and the second is bunch of DVDs in bank vault. Unfortunately managing of this backup is really time consuming. I have small private procedure for it and I do it once it two months.

About half a year ago I have started using Picasa (http://picasa.google.com) software. In my opinion on PC it is effective and as far as I was able to research from the http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/ has similar functionality to iPhoto.

It will take a lot of effort for tag all photos, and put them into correct albums with correct names and in correct chronology. But finally when you have all albums created, tagged and ready in Picasa you can upload and share them on the Picasaweb http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/.

Finally you will have more or less the same solution as proposed by you but this time on Win PC.

Best Regards,
Grzegorz Scislo

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