Photojojo Time Capsule Launches

February 22, 2008 · 7 comments

No I’m not talking about Apple’s Time Capsule backup device, rather a new project from the folks at Photojojo called the Photo Time Capsule. Just set it up with your Flickr account and every month you’ll receive an email highlighting some of your best Flickr photos from around a year ago.

Photojojo Time Capsule

Photo Time Capsule set out to solve the whole issue where you forget about some of your best photos because you just have so many. I can definitely agree with this sentiment, having used Flickr myself since 2004 and having over 10,000 photos on the service. Photo Time Capsule is free but I don’t think they would mind if you stopped by their photo store.

Photojojo might sound familiar if you’re a regular reader. They helped me be one of the first on the block to review the Eye-Fi SD card.

Do you use Flickr enough for this Photo Time Capsule to come in handy?

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Photojojo Time Capsule hits 2,000 Sign-ups at Amit Gupta’s Blog
February 27, 2008 at 1:28 am

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1 Marvin February 22, 2008 at 1:40 am

It seems like a neat idea for someone like yourself with 10,000 or so photos, but I have absolutely no use for it. And just curious, but what classifies a picture as good? Not thinks a good photo is a perfectly framed on, and others may prefer the sentimental aspect of their photos.

And how do they go about doing this? Does someone go through your pictures and hand pick them for you or something?

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2 Timothy Andrew February 22, 2008 at 6:33 am

I can see how useful this can be, but I haven’t been on flickr for a year! :(

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3 Jordan Patton February 22, 2008 at 5:14 pm

It’s an interesting idea, but I don’t care much for the actual implementation. If this were based on some sort of widget (connected to Facebook, my own blog, or maybe even an RSS feed), then I might be more into it. The problem is that a lot of people have started to see email almost like a “to-do” list. (Not everyone, but a lot.) I imagine these people probably don’t want another thing added to their list.

Like I said, this idea has some great potential, but I think they need to offer more methods of delivery than just email. *Then* I might put it into use!

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4 Blake Brannon February 22, 2008 at 8:33 pm

Cool find Paul. I always forget about the photos I have taken. Nice way to get a reminder.

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5 Amit Gupta February 23, 2008 at 3:55 pm

@Marvin, Time Capsule picks photos that are the most ‘interesting’, not the most artistic. We do our selection based on the number of views, faves, and comments each of your pics has.

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6 Marvin February 24, 2008 at 3:57 am

Ah I see. I just noticed how many spelling/grammer mistakes I made…I’m surprised you could even understand that…lol

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