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February 21, 2008

Flickr vs. Picasa

I have recently been going back and forth on using Flickr and Picasa Web Albums.

Inspired by a recent comment left on a photo I shared, I decided to do a comparison between the two, and why I have come to selecting Picasa as my choice of sharing photos online.



FEATURE

FLICKR OR PICASA

NOTES

Photo Storage (Free)

Picasa

As a free account, Picasa allows you to store 1 GB of photos, while Flickr allows 200 photos. Unless I was uploading 5MB/photo to Picasa, I can store more pictures on Picasa than Flickr

Photo Storage (Full)

Flickr

Unlimited photo storage for Flickr $25/yr) vs, Picasa’s

  • 10GB $20/yr
  • 40GB $75/yr
  • 150GB $250/yr
  • 400GB $500/yr

 

Desktop Tool

Picasa

Absolutely no comparison here. Picasa’s desktop tool allows you to organize, edit, and manage your photos easily, including uploading and downloading of photos. You can even download other people’s photos using the desktop tool.

 

Flickr is a simple upload utility.

Tagging

Flickr

Though both allow tagging of photos, Flickr allows mass tagging, while Picasa does not

Sharing

Picasa

Both can do public and private sharing, but to share private photos in Flickr, it requires the other users to create or have a Flickr account.

 

Flickr has more options around privacy and how to share, but for me, it is not applicable for how I share pictures

Notes/Captions

Flickr

Only the owner can add a caption to the photo in Picasa.

In Flickr, users can not only add notes, but can add them on the photo themselves

Comments

Tie

Both work essentially the same

Organization / Managing of Photoes

Picasa

This is strictly a matter of preference. In Flickr, it’s a 2 folded answer – if you have a free account, Picasa wins because you are not limited to the number of sets/albums. If you have a pro account in Flickr, then it’s a tie. You can organize, manage, edit, your sets and photos all online in Flickr, but you can do the same (and even a bit more) with the Picasa desktop tool. I prefer managing my photos offline, and uploading the photos I want to share.

Web 2.0

Flickr

No comparison

Picasa has some community blog and photo sharing, but it’s nothing like Flickr

Ease of Use

Picasa

Strictly a subjective criteria, but I find for what I use photo sharing, Picasa is a much better option for me. I manage my photos offline, and upload them online to share with friends and family. I’m not interested in managing it online (even as cool as Flickr is on that), nor in photo communities.

 


In conclusion, the biggest factors that made me go with Picasa is the desktop tool, the value for the price (free), and the ease of use of the site and tool. Though Flickr has a lot of cool online options, I just don't prefer to use/manage photo sharing in that manner.

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April 26, 2005

Point the Finger In the Right Direction

It is probably a horrible experience to be a victim of a senseless bombing, as in the one happened in the 1996 Olympics. However, awarding the victims who had a lawsuit against the Olympic Planning Committee is ridiculous!!!!

That's like saying if I get robbed on the street, I'm suing the city for inadequate protection, or suing the city of Oklahoma for the McVeigh bombing because of poor security measures, or if I was hurt on the 9/11 attack that I should sue the government for inadequate anti-terrorist programs in place.

There is a big difference between negligence and uncontrollable actions.
Were all these aforementioned events horrible? Yes, definitely so.
Do I wish they never happened? Of course.
Do I wish no one got hurt or killed? Absolutely.

But to try and find and blame on those who took the appropriate and acceptable precautions at the present time is wrong. Hold the ones truly accountable for the actions liable, not the ones who try to prevent them.

Awarding or settling lawsuits such as these opens up a door that I don't think we want opened.

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March 09, 2005

Apartment Searches Sub-optimal

My roomate and I have been recently apartment/house hunting and I have come to quickly realize that the process is much more tedious than anticipated. There is no search engine for apartments/houses for rent that will list all available properties with your specific criteria. You are forced to surf the Internet and find different sites that have postings. The best sites allow you to select your housing criteria, ammenities, and community features, narrowing your search easily. Others, however, have very limited capabilities, giving the user a poor experience and consequently, no desire to re-visit the site.

. . . and the search continues for the ideal place.

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January 30, 2005

Admiration toward the Iraqis

Regardless if you're Republican or Democrat, opposed or for the war, I truly admire the courage that the Iraqi people had for voting after over 50 years.

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