Mike DelGaudio

Not sure how I feel about this one, seems a little too hacky / risky for me. This blog post describes how to create multiple picasa libraries by using multiple OS accounts in windows. Thought I wouild link to it anyway in case you needed it for some reason…

Picasa is the best desktop photo management software I have seen so far. Although it can maintain videos too, its main strength is the photo management. So if you have downloaded a LOT of pictures beautiful ladies off the internet and would like to browse through them sometime Picasa is the best tool.However, if you also use picasa to maintain your personal photos, they would easily get lost among thousands of those other photos. Unfortunately picasa doesn’t have a feature of maintaining seperate profiles (Although it does provide a option to hide folders it is a pain). I searched for any tweak or tool to achieve this but couldn’t find any - then I came up with a simple idea below {this works in Windows XP, although I have Windows Vista, I never boot to that now so haven’t tried it there}:

Vinayaka’s Blog - How you can use picasa to maintain your p**n ?

Via Lifehacker.

Techcrunch reports that there will be a Mac version of Picasa.

I asked if Picasa for Mac was coming, and as luck would have it I managed to pick the Google employee with the least amount of media training and immediately put her on the spot. Her response: Picasa for Mac is under-development and will be launched later this year.

Google Developing Mac Version Of Picasa, Due To Be Released This Year

The iPhone Matters blog has a comparison of Photobucket and Picasaweb. Personally, I prefer Flickr over both of them. But as far as integration with Picasa, you cannot beat Picasaweb.

While this leaves Picasa as a simple mobile photo viewer, Photobucket’s site provides an account-linked email address for users to send photos that are then sent to their Photobucket accounts.Picasa’s more polished interface offers a much cleaner user experience that also makes better use of the iPhone’s dimensions, and also provides a quick link to Google other mobile services, like Google Reader, the calendar, and Gmail.

iPhone Matters | Which Do You Like Best? Picasa or Photobucket

Lifehacker has a great walkthrough of Picasa, the photo management software from Google.

Anyone with a digital camera knows it doesn’t take much to wind up with a hard drive littered with thousands of files named things like IMG_1892.jpg. In my quest to organize all the stuff that’s accumulated on my hard drive, I knew that sooner or later, my little digital photo problem would rear its ugly head. By “little”, I mean out of control, and by “problem”, I mean looming catastrophe. What’s a girl with literally thousands of pics to organize on her ‘puter to do? Enter Google’s free desktop software, Picasa, which is basically the Walker Texas Ranger of photo organization packages.
Lifehacker: Organize your digital photos with Picasa

If you have read previously my review of a Blurb Phtobook, then you might be interested in another opnion.  The WeddingBee.com blog has a review of a Blurb book. Here is an excerpt.

The pros about using Blurb Book: The software is very easy to use and there are a large variety of photo design layouts that you can use throughout the book. Just drop the photos in the page layout and you’re done! It’s pretty simple to use and it’s very easy to upload to the website. The customer service is fairly good, and if you’re not happy with the quality you can always return the book to get a refund.

The cons about using Blurb Book: I kind of wish the pages were better in quality; a little thicker. I noticed the quality of the pages inside is about the same as My Publisher and Shutterfly’s photobooks. I made sure before ordering the book that all the photos were sharp and clear, and I noticed in the final products a few photos turned out blurred in comparison.

Read the entire review at: Our Honeymoon In Paris: A Blurb Book Review

Making your own hardback books has never been easier! The Photobook Creator gives you the ability to make beautiful hardback books in just 90 seconds, right from the comfort of your own home or office. There is no need to load your pages up to a server or wait weeks for delivery.

The Photobook Creator is perfect for scrapbookers, photographers, small business owners, or anyone who wants the ability to bind and preserve digital images in an attractive, durable way. Photobooks come in a range of sizes, colors and finishes to complement any application.

Create Photobooks with Photobook Creator

This beta release is a preview of Picasa 2.7, which will bring the Linux version of the application up to speed with the Windows edition. Picasa remains the only Google app which is unavailable for Mac OS X, a fact you can brag about to your Apple-loving friends.

As with previous versions of Picasa on Linux, this release bundles a customized version of the Wine Windows compatibility layer automatically installed inside the app, freeing you from the burden of maintaining a working Wine installation and from worrying about Picasa’s compatibility whenever upstream Wine is installed

Linux.com :: Picasa 2.7 a slick upgrade on Linux

This beta release is a preview of Picasa 2.7, which will bring the Linux version of the application up to speed with the Windows edition. Picasa remains the only Google app which is unavailable for Mac OS X, a fact you can brag about to your Apple-loving friends.

As with previous versions of Picasa on Linux, this release bundles a customized version of the Wine Windows compatibility layer automatically installed inside the app, freeing you from the burden of maintaining a working Wine installation and from worrying about Picasa’s compatibility whenever upstream Wine is installed

Linux.com :: Picasa 2.7 a slick upgrade on Linux

All of a sudden the comment thread on my “Quality Review of a blurb photo book” has sprung back to life, and getting all sorts of comments. I’ll take this as anecdotal evidence that photo books are going to be popular gifts this year!

I know I am working on my annual photo album that goes to all the grandparents and great-grandparents. Each year around this time I start to get hints about how excited they are to see this year’s book.