Photo Collecting Made Simple

We chose photos as the first thing you could collect in your Timebox because everyone has them.

Speaking for myself, my photos are a mess and finding the one I am looking for can be a pain. 

There are a couple of ways Timebox makes collecting photos easier:

• After tapping the Add Photos button, I can select a source - iPhone, Facebook, Mary Ellen’s Photos on my Mac or Len’s Photos on his Mac (we enabled Sharing in iPhoto preferences so they show up in Timebox - see screenshot below). I love seeing the photos in Len’s iPhoto library and importing the ones I want into my Timebox. Not too long ago, prints would have been the only way I could see those photos.
   
• After I’ve set the date for my Timebox entry, the list of photos in the source library will automatically scroll to the photos for that date - no manual scrolling required.

We will be adding more sources for all sorts of digital things in future updates — stay tuned.

 

 

 

Everyday Events

Timebox isn’t just for collecting important or special events and memories. It’s also great for just collecting everyday events as they happen. 

We went to a concert last night here in Seattle and between bands I made a Timebox entry for the concert on my iPhone. I first included a couple photos of the first band. Then when we got home, I added a couple more photos I took of the second band. I shared a copy of the entry page with my brother and a friend because they’re both fans of the bands too.

Here’s what my entry looks like, even though my new iPhone 5 camera had a little trouble with the contrast of the stage lighting (tap the thumbnail to see the actual PDF that I shared):

See It, Show It, Share It

One of the best things about using Timebox so far is the ability to bring my digital stuff with me. I have Timebox on both my iPad and iPhone 5; when I tell a story about our dog Clover, I can easily locate the photo that goes with the story.

 

Last Summer, I got into the habit of adding my stories and pictures to Timebox and then sending the PDF pages to my friends and family. What I didn’t really realize at the time was how easy it was for everyone to open the PDF and read it — no passwords required. Since the data is on my device, I don’t even need Internet access to see it.

 

I know people back up their stuff on their home computers and then onto other media but then how do they see it, share it or add to it? With Timebox you can take it all with you.

 

For fun here is my  Clover Timebox page.

 

Mary Ellen