We use technology for everything we do and it is ever changing. Even back in the day we were excited when new technology made our lives easier. But back then, change came most slowly. When we went from horse drawn carriages to the automobile it was a long time coming and when the microwave hit the scene, it was the biggest thing, not one of many. But now it seems almost every month there is a new technology to help us even more in our quest for perfection.
One of the biggest advances in technology is when we went digital. Digital phones, digital televisions and digital photos. Cameras used to only be able to produce pictures in black and white and eventually we were able to take color pictures. That was a real treat and exciting to most everyone. But then it was the time to develop pictures that was annoying and slow. It generally took a week or longer to receive the prints back. Photo albums became big until digital photo frames hit the scene. Photos are an important aspect to our lives. It tells our story in a series of frames that are often cherished but sometimes lost or destroyed. By going digital we are able to keep our valuable images safe.
With the arrival of digital cameras the world is able to get instant gratification with seeing the picture seconds after it was taken on the LCD screen in the back of the camera. Having the ability to redo a bad shot, delete images that you didn’t like and take a lot more pictures than the typical 24 film role of the past, is a major event in our lives. Digital images can be downloaded to your computer or saved to a CD. Those with color printers can purchase special picture paper to print their own pictures at home. But image hosting is the missing piece of the puzzle helps us easily share out photos with everyone and anyone we wanted. Most people who tried to email pictures to family and friends, found it very slow and a lot of times the images were too big and had to be broken down into several emails. Image hosting changed all that by allowing users to upload multiple photos as one time to a server for free and then share the link with as many people as they wanted. This latest piece of technology now makes it easy to take a picture, download it to your computer, upload it to an image hosting service and email the link to 100 people or more all within 5 minutes.
