eTwinning Conference 2008

Talked to some colleagues about sharing photos taken during the conference; an easy way of doing just that is through web based storage. One of the largest (if not the largest) photo storage sites - and photo communities - is Flickr, nowadays owned by Yahoo!. The Flickr user interface is a bit cluttered but if you want to store all your photos remotely, plus access and share them anywhere through the Internet, the FlickrPro service is a super deal. And no, unfortunately I don't get a percentage of the Pro registrations..

What about Picasa from Google, then? Well, Picasa definitely offers a superior user experience compared to Flickr but - surprisingly! - they charge a lot for storage space exceeding 1Gb. You should also notice that using Picasa requires a software download and installation. Through a completely web based FlickrPro account, you get unlimited storage for your photos.

A very real catch about Flickr is if you are truly a pro photographer working with huge RAW images. They might take ages to upload and retrieve, if Flickr supports them in the first place (I think not). However, considering how fast the bandwith available to everyone increases all the time, this might be a non-issue in a year or two. Anther hole in the Flickr package is the absence of a batch download feature, in case you'd like to retrieve all of your photos in one sweep. Luckily, there is free software like FlickrDown available that does that very nicely.

Oops, I've been rambling ever so slightly - I do have some photos to share! Just follow this public Flickr link. Problems viewing the material? Please let me know and I'll do my best to help!
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Posted by: Niilo Alhovaara, Tunaskolan Luleå Sweden
Email: niilo.a@gmail.com
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