[Ubuntu-US-CA] Flickr or Picasaweb?

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

Hi everyone,

At our last meeting[0] we discussed and agreed upon the proposal to
keep copies of our images in a directory on the server (probably
tar.gz) under our control, as well as a copy up on Yahoo!'s Flickr or
Google's PicasaWeb for display and social media integration (global
event tagging, loco.ubuntu.com support, etc).

Now it's time to decide which service to use. I don't have a strong
preference either way (I personally use Flickr, but I also have a
considerable amount of data with various Google services), but it is
worth noting:

Access: Both services have APIs and support uploading via f-spot or
shotwell (and presumably there are other programs which do as well,
since the API exists).

Cost: The free Flickr account has a monthly limit for uploads and how
many photos can be displayed at a time, unless you pay a small yearly
fee if you want unlimited space, Picasa uses shared gmail space for
approx 7.5G before you need to pay small amounts for space increases.
The costs for these are small and raising donations won't be a problem
(I'm even willing to go out of pocket myself on these).

Social Media: Tagging and sharing controls differ between the
services, and I haven't looked into this. It's probably worthwhile to
do so.

Other thoughts? Preferences?

Thanks everyone.

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/11January02

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Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2
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