Import and Manage Your Photos

Here’s what to consider when choosing the right system for your personal photos.
This isn’t everything, but a good sample.
Three techniques:

	Traditional	Sync	Cord-Cutter
Overall	It stinks, but this is how most people do it today.	Complicated and not adaptable, but if you can set it up then you can get the best of both worlds.	Where most people will end up in the long run, but requires faith in Internet-based services.
Store	Computer Memory Card External Hard Drive	Picasa + Picasaweb (pricing) Live Mesh + Skydrive (25gb) Windows Home Server Dropbox	Facebook Flickr MobileMe Picasaweb
Backup	Mozy Carbonite	Apple Time Capsule Network attached storage Amazon S3 connectors	Backupify Local archive
Share	Email attachments Burn and mail a CD Upload then share: Facebook, Flickr, Kodak Gallery	Picasaweb Windows Live Spaces	Links, anywhere
Edit	Adobe Photoshop Apple iPhoto	Windows Live Photo Gallery Picasa	Picnik Photoshop Express Aviary
Import	Camera import software Windows import tool	Same as Traditional	Eye-fi card
Print	Home printer Costco Wal-Mart Walgreens …local photo guy	Best of both worlds	Picasa: Walgreens, Shutterfly, American Greetings Flickr: Snapfish …or download and upload to Costco, etc.