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After another session I think there's a real need to help old people with better photo storage. They all have photos on external hard drives and use Windows explorer to sort through them.
It's really apparent how terrible Windows explorer is when you see less computer literate people use it. So many UI elements are small or hidden, and commonly used functions, like going back or up a folder in the directory, aren't clearly telegraphed.
A NAS would be perfect for these people, but it can't be too complicated. A set up once black box would be perfect. I did some looking and the Synology Beelink may be exactly what these people need. I may need to get one to check it out
Probably not just old people, my photos are a mess. It hasn't helped that when I first started trying to set up an organisation system the technology kept changing, so the systems had to keep being redone. After a few repeats of that I pretty much gave up. And these days the majority of photos I have are junk, stuff like things I was listing to sell or 497 duplicate photos of Miss Meow that didn't really work.
That's where I'm thinking there has to be better software out there for managing photos that isn't Windows explorer. I use Bynder at work and it's great for tagging and grouping assets in a collection.
Then you stick everything on the Beestation so you can actually show it to people instead of just letting them sit on the hard drive
I tend to just stick everything into folders for major events/holidays and a few things like pets or garden. For actually looking at stuff I have a webpage that is basically a photo album/blog that has the best photos on it. I've found that if I don't sort the photos out pretty much straight away I don't go back and do it later.
Oh god donβt remind me. I really need to finish backing all my stuff up physically and then transfer it to a drive or something. Itβs hard going