Inspired by my dad scanning 20,000+ old photos, I created "Smallest Day". Photo organizing apps didn't (and still don't) handle old scanned photos well. For ex

Inspired by my dad scanning 20,000+ old photos, I created "Smallest Day". Photo organizing apps didn't (and still don't) handle old scanned photos well. For example, Google Photos would not allow any photo to be dated before the 1970 unix epoch. Picasa required an email address for anyone tagged, which was problematic for nineteenth century photos! Short demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAObvfnDso4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAObvfnDso4 Presenting at the Personal Archiving Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzBkuXvqEo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzBkuXvqEo4 In hindsight, I really needed a co-founder, especially someone more of a "hustler". I also should have committed more fully to reaching a GO/NO-GO decision instead of letting the project peter out over a year while I gradually took on more consulting work. Should have bought some ads to determine market appetite. Still, I'm mostly happy that I didn't pursue it too far. 1000 Memories (a YC company) was also in the space and had an only mediocre exit. I'm relieved that no other company seemed to knock it out of the park. But a little sad that so many old photos (and the stories behind them) are not getting digitized and may not get preserved.