[tcbawo]

I use Google Photo because it’s easy. However, the rate of recording has outpaced my ability to stay organized. I appreciate the memory highlights and throwbacks, but I think we are missing out on leveraging technology in this space. The lack of openness, portability, and permanence is disheartening.

Digital photos have an incredible opportunity to attach context to memories — not just time and place, but feelings and emotions. But, so far, this has been severely lacking. Imagine parents or grandparents being able to attach stories about a childhood event, or to annotate a travel journal. If such things are possible today, what are the chances they will be available and discoverable in twenty or fifty years?

Not many people consider the discoverability that a book of old photo prints offers over a digital library. To have a universal and timeless reach, there needs to be more openness and interoperability.