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Aug 27 / 3:13pm

Picurio unveils camera-in-browser for Mac/Safari

by lauras

We just launched something new here at Picurio that we're really excited about.  For the first time, we're enabling the browser to talk directly to the camera.  No one else does this.  Just plug a camera or camera phone into your computer and the photos appear immediately in the browser.

It works by using a Mac/Safari plugin that installs in seconds and doesn't require a browser restart.  It makes uploading a cinch.  Why don't all photo sites do this?  We have no idea.

It's available for download now for Safari users in all Picurio rooms. 

Try it out now in the Picurio Demo Room.

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Aug 20 / 4:51pm

Import fear: a camera's worst nightmare

by lauras
We've all been there.  You go to a party or on a trip, make random faces for someone's camera, and wait.  And wait.  "I won't have time to upload it till next weekend" she says, or "I'll do it over Christmas break."  By the time the photo is finally freed from her camera it's a month later and you've forgotten what the faces were for.

At Picurio we refer to this problem as Import Fear.  The thought of uploading photos (camera to computer to Flickr, Facebook, blog, and grandparents) can be an overwhelming task, and it makes us procrastinate on importing our photos for weeks or months.  We dread uploading, sorting, ranking, and tagging like we dread Monday mornings.  But shouldn't this be fun?

Our ability to wait for photos must stem from the Kodak processing days when we dropped off rolls of film at the drugstore and picked them up five days later, but these days we want things fast, now, in real-time.  We want to have that photo waiting for us by the time we get home, or better yet in our pocket just moments after it was taken.  Wi-fi or Eye-fi enabled cameras and camera phones are a step in the right direction, as is Posterous's new PicPosterous app, but the pieces aren't all fitting together just yet.

How should import fear be eliminated?

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