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I still cannot send pictures of my daughters to my mother reliably (or more accurately, she cannot receive them). It's not solved by a long shot from my point o

I still cannot send pictures of my daughters to my mother reliably (or more accurately, she cannot receive them). It's not solved by a long shot from my point of view.

brlewis 15y ago
Can you tell more about your mother's situation? Is there wifi where she lives?
- damoncali 15y ago
  Yeah - she has all the tech she needs. She's just really bad at using it. How do you share folders with someone who doesn't really understand even the basics of finder? It has to be automatic for me, and foolproof for her. If either element is missing, it doesn't happen.
  - Steko 15y ago
    Private Flickr bookmark with a browser that signs you in automatically?
  - r4vik 15y ago
    Just get a digital photo frame that does rss, point it to your flickr account. She doesn't need to do anything, latest photos will show up on her frame
  - brlewis 15y ago
    r4vik's solution makes it foolproof for her. As far as making it automatic for you, please check out OurDoings Dropbox integration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r93TDJeZyI&context=C4a04c84ADvjVQa1PpcFMu1EcFlSEejJmEzIIzutNQzecM5Q3BCaM= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r93TDJeZyI&context=C4a04... OurDoings has RSS better than Flickr.
  - damoncali 15y ago
    To respond to the comments below/above: a digital frame w/ RSS may be a good option - I may try that. It still isn't perfect, but it's better than what I've been doing. (Emailing, and then having to explain over and over again what a "Downloads" folder is, and why you can't print images sized for the web). Some complications that continue to annoy me, though: she wants to print them. She wants them on her ipad. She wants them on her iphone. I hate manually sorting out which ones she would like to see and uploading them to whatever service. The holy grail for me? I take a picture with my DSLR, and it knows who to send it based on what I took a picture of. If it's for my mom, it appears on all of her devices, which have "print" buttons on them that will make nice, printed versions show up in her mailbox. I don't think this is that far off, but it doesn't exist yet in idiot-proof form.
    - brlewis 15y ago
      I've got idiot-proof iPhone, iPad and desktop viewing. Print ordering is not idiot-proof yet.

I still cannot send pictures of my daughters to my mother reliably (or more accurately, she cannot receive them). It's not solved by a long shot from my point of view.

brlewis 15y ago

Can you tell more about your mother's situation? Is there wifi where she lives?

damoncali 15y ago
Yeah - she has all the tech she needs. She's just really bad at using it. How do you share folders with someone who doesn't really understand even the basics of finder? It has to be automatic for me, and foolproof for her. If either element is missing, it doesn't happen.
- Steko 15y ago
  Private Flickr bookmark with a browser that signs you in automatically?
- r4vik 15y ago
  Just get a digital photo frame that does rss, point it to your flickr account. She doesn't need to do anything, latest photos will show up on her frame
- brlewis 15y ago
  r4vik's solution makes it foolproof for her. As far as making it automatic for you, please check out OurDoings Dropbox integration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r93TDJeZyI&context=C4a04c84ADvjVQa1PpcFMu1EcFlSEejJmEzIIzutNQzecM5Q3BCaM= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r93TDJeZyI&context=C4a04... OurDoings has RSS better than Flickr.
- damoncali 15y ago
  To respond to the comments below/above: a digital frame w/ RSS may be a good option - I may try that. It still isn't perfect, but it's better than what I've been doing. (Emailing, and then having to explain over and over again what a "Downloads" folder is, and why you can't print images sized for the web). Some complications that continue to annoy me, though: she wants to print them. She wants them on her ipad. She wants them on her iphone. I hate manually sorting out which ones she would like to see and uploading them to whatever service. The holy grail for me? I take a picture with my DSLR, and it knows who to send it based on what I took a picture of. If it's for my mom, it appears on all of her devices, which have "print" buttons on them that will make nice, printed versions show up in her mailbox. I don't think this is that far off, but it doesn't exist yet in idiot-proof form.
  - brlewis 15y ago
    I've got idiot-proof iPhone, iPad and desktop viewing. Print ordering is not idiot-proof yet.