I would like to be able to share my photos with friends and family while traveling but not quite sure how to go about it. I do not have a laptop so would be relying on internet cafes to do this. Is that possible? Can I download my pictures on the computer I'm "renting" and then share using like Kodak gallery? I'm not real computer literate so looking for something really simple. I know people use different web sites to do a big travel blog, but I think they probably have a laptop with them. I've been told at the internet cafes the computers are really slow, so this might be a problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advance!
Marylee
Posted by
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
368 posts
I don't really have much experience with Internet cafes, but I did a bit of reading and it seems that most of them you can have a USB reader or camera attach to them and upload photos. Of course, I suppose it is quite possible to find some that do not allow this. I would also take into consideration that they probably won't have extremely fast internet connections so if you try to upload an entire 4GB card, it might take a very long time.
Anyhow, I would recommend a website like Picasa Web that you can just upload the images off the memory card/camera without having to download them. Make sure to bring either the USB connector for the camera or a separate memory card reader that will work with the card format you have. Picasa Web has a completely browser based interface, so you don't have to install any software to be able to upload data.
Other options that I have used besides Picasa web are Facebook and Flickr. Both have good interfaces to get pictures off you card and onto the internet. The Kodack gallery software you are probably talking about has the same option as well, so if you have an account set up with them, I would just use it.
One other thing to watch out for is that some of these photo sites use Flash or other technologies to run their upload pages. While the internet cafe will likely have everything installed to do such stuff I would say it is not guaranteed and you might find that your picture site will not work correctly and you will have to go to another cafe.
Posted by
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
368 posts
Both Picasa web and flickr have ways to upload without their software application installed. I just setup a flickr account and uploaded a picture and it worked. It did have the option of installing the client software but you don't have to do that.
In fact if you had a card reader or just the camera hooked up to the computer it would appear just as another drive and you would be able to upload the photos to the site from there.
Posted by
OP
Oregon City,, OR
31 posts
Thanks Jon, checking out picasa web you need to download the program which would be fine if a rental computer will let you do that, also on flikr it seems you need to download your pictures too. I'm thinking that's the only way to get pictures out is to download, I was hoping to find something you could use just reading from the camera or using a card reader which I plan on taking. Thanks
Posted by
OP
Oregon City,, OR
31 posts
Okay thanks, I'll give it a try.
Posted by
Murfreesboro, TN, USA
11 posts
I did this several times on a recent trip. I had a small card reader that plugs unto the usb port on a pc. I used photobucket, but flikr, or several other sites work just as well. Most internet cafes allow you to plug the card reader into the usb, but I ran into a few that would not, the usb port was covered up, etc. Also, many of the hotels I stayed had a computer in teh lobby that they allowed guest to use for a small charge, or in some cases free.