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Thursday, March 17, 2005
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 Thursday, March 17, 2005
started 3/17/2005; 1:49:10 PM - last post 4/10/2005; 11:41:58 PM
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Doc Searls - Thursday, March 17, 2005 
3/17/2005; 5:49:10 PM (reads: 5343, responses: 3)
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jon kern - Re: Thursday, March 17, 2005
3/24/2005; 3:13:13 AM (reads: 919, responses: 2)
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well, i went to look at your pics. "Flikr is having a Massage" <g>
However, i thought you might enjoy another way to organize photos, to add semantic meaning (who, what, where, when tags (RDF no less)).
http://storymill.com/tidepool/
Tidepool is a program that lets you quickly add descriptive tags to your photos, then search and share your memories with ease. Storymill is a website that shows your photos to the world, or just your friends. Both products are built for the power of the new Semantic Web.
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Doc Searls - Re: Thursday, March 17, 2005
3/24/2005; 4:24:00 PM (reads: 1116, responses: 1)
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It looks interesting, but I don't see any information about requirements. I have to register to download too, which seems weird. The reason here still doesn't seem very clear to me. Copy like this would be better:
After you download Tidepool, you'll need to upload your photos somewhere. That place will have to be yours, for sharing with others (or everybody) by your permission. We never give away or sell your personal information.
I see here that "Yes! In addition to Mac OSX and Windows support, we also have an installer for Linux and basic Java platforms." But what's the difference between "support" and "installer?" I think this means it's a java app, but it's not clear. There should be more information, for the technically curious, in the Q&A.
I'll give it a try when I get a break. I'm especially interested (since it's my job) to see how it runs on Linux.
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jon kern - Re: Thursday, March 17, 2005
4/11/2005; 3:41:58 AM (reads: 1271, responses: 0)
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thanks for the feedback.
we have tried to improve our website to address your valid concerns:
- requirements are now more visible
- why is an account necessary...
Both are addressed in new copy at http://storymill.com/support/questions/
We are also thinking of ways to delay requiring an account until someone actually needs one. (Techno reason: Under the covers, it is simply easier for us to be creating RDF tags (semantic web stuff) from the get-go that are truly unique (as they must be) via a unique user account. We thought about using a local name and making it real when it was necessary...)
I will be interested in your feedback on the tagging aspects. once you get a few hundred or a thousand photos tagged, it really gets fun! You can get a taste of tagging by browsing my India pics on the website (http://storymill.com/mu/jsk/item/tp648). Click on a photo, see the tags below it, and click on some tags to see only photos with those tags. Browsing in a semantic, free-form sort of way...
BTW: I just installed MEPIS, so hopefully, I can test it on Linux before you do <g>.
Having run the developpment team at TogetherSoft for a while, I learned the hard way that Java is not completely WORA... (but, it beats the heck out of C's portability!)
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