Me and My Snapbucket

[dreamshark]

Don't mind me, I'm just fiddling around with my new toy. I knew that when I finally gave in and got an iPhone it would change my life in some small but time-consuming way. What I did not anticipate was that it would be the camera. It's such an unexpectedly nice camera, and there are so many things you can do with it besides simply snap a picture. I'm currently investigating options for posting pictures directly from iPhone to Internet.  I have signed up for two online photo services - PhotoBucket and Flickr.  So far I much prefer PhotoBucket (naturally, I always pick the option that is doomed). 

This picture was taken with my iPhone, tarted up with the SnapBucket app, and posted online to PhotoBucket. That part was easy.  There is an interface between PhotoBucket and LJ, but I continue to be disappointed in it. There is a one-click way to post a picture from PB to LJ, but it just posts a giant-sized picture with no option for adding text. You can edit it afterwards to resize the picture. And you can add text, but it is awkward.

Comments

[laurel]

I like the app and service instagram as it's dead easy to use and can easily post photos to their own service, to tumblr, to Flickr, Facebook, and twitter. It's a free app.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

I'm finding Flickr pretty frustrating. When I signed up for it, it allowed me to use my gmail address to register with Flickr. But none of the iPhone apps work with this login - it keeps asking me for a Yahoo username.

On the other hand, I see that the PhotoBucket link in this entry has stopped working. This doesn't inspire much confidence. Maybe I'll try again to get a Yahoo username (attempts in the past have been unsuccessful, but it's been a while since I tried).

ETA: No, wait! Now the Photobucket link is working again. Huh.