Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Spend more time Clicking, less time uploading..

I am a photographer, at least i like to think that i am.
I take hundreds of pics when travelling, much to the disgust of my family.
But the time i spend shooting is nothing compared to the time it takes me to upload my pictures for the world to see.
You see,

  • I have to first open picasa, select the good pictures, upload them to Picasa web.
  • Then i login to flickr, select the good ones again and upload them there.
  • Then i login to smug mug, up load my pictures there again
  • Then comes my Live Spaces account,
  • The best ones i put up on Shutterpoint in the hope that some professional photographers would leave me some tips, or a buyer might leave me some cash.
  • Finally, if i have time or energy left, upload some to my facebook albums.

If i add up all the minutes i spend setting up and shooting, it will probably just be a fraction of the time i spend uploading.

All this, of course until NitroDesk came along :-) (http://www.nitrodesk.com/)
Using the free BETA version, now i can select my good pictures once, select one or more destination online albums and let the computer do the uploading. It could take the whole night for all i care, but in the morning, i know my photos will be where they deserve to be..


Oh wait, if i change my mind, i can always transfer whole albums from one service to another.
And later, when i suddenly realize i cant find my best photos on my computer anymore, i can always get a backup of my entire online assets from any of the sites i have uploaded them too.


Boy, am i spoilt now !

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