Eachday: Upload and Organize Your Memories
I've been playing with a couple of point-and-shoot cameras and cameraphones lately. So, I got the idea that it might be interesting to take and store at least one photo a day for some period (say a year). The Eachday.com site is one that I am considering.
Like many Web 2.0 services, it has a limited but useful free service as well as a for-fee service with more features. I signed up for Eachday's free service which allows uploading up to 4 items per day. It limits photos to some resolution lower than 640x480 and limits video clips to 1 minutes. The $7.25/month fee service removes some of these limitations though photos are limited to 640x480.
The Java-based drag-and-drop file uploader did not work for me. However, the Flash based browse and pick did. Uploading 2 800K photos seemed to take a lot longer than it should have. But, it worked. I like the idea of being able to upload various kinds of media. But, I can sort of do that using a Tumblr tumblog plus YouTube and not have any limitations. I do, however, like the bit of security granularity Eachday provides. And, the visual organization by date looks good and somewhat unique.
I still haven't decided which service to use for my personal photo-a-day project. But, I'm keeping Eachday in mind.
Eachday's Java components do
Eachday's Java components do not seem to work with Firefox 2. In addition to the upload module problem, it looks like the rotate image control doesn't work either. It does work when used with Internet Explorer 7. I guess I am going to scratch this service off my list as a candidate for my photo-a-day project.
Hi Todd. Thanks for checking
Hi Todd. Thanks for checking out Eachday. I'd like to figure out what troubles you're having with the uploader. I use Eachday with Firefox 2 with the Java uploader without issue (in fact, all development happens with Firefox first). Same with the rotation (which is done server-side, so it shouldn't be a client-side issue at all). We'd love to make the service more robust and these are the exact issues we *don't* want to have, as our audience will continue to be less tech savvy on the average as we continue growing.
Thanks again for trying Eachday.