Smart phone pictures to home and office computer

The Story
Walking along a beautiful path in the woods on a sunny afternoon in the Fall. Took a picture with my phone and wanted to be able to save it and share it from home and office computers.


Principles
Saving, sharing, updating and managing all the "stuff" can be very time consuming and at times, ineffective and frustrating.
1. Using web based tools, like Google Documents or Picasa, allows you to get to and use these files anywhere, on any machine, which has an internet connection.
2. Storing the files in Google Docs and Picasa means that unless all of N. America is vaporized in a nuclear holocaust, you will never again loose a file. BTW, if the 'vaporized' happens, you may not be all that focused on file recovery.
3. Set up automatic synchronization and integration for all your files, including pictures.

Steps
1. Download and install the free "Picasa" application
2. Create a folder within "My Pictures" on your hard drive for synchronization to the web; within Picasa, click the "Sync to Web" icon in top right corner. Examle:. In "My Pictures" on hard drive, create a folder "Phone Pics", open this folder in Picasa and click the 'Sync to Web' icon.
3. Syncronize your phone (Settings - Accounts and sync - Auto-sync.
4.Open the picture application on your Android phone (the Samsung Captivate app is called "Gallery") and move the pictures from your phone into "Phone Pics" folder
5. The next time you synchronize your phone, the pics will move into Picasa web and then be moved onto your hard drive.
* BTW All the picture folders you have sycronized through Picasa will be available on your phone, including any changes made to the pics on your hard drive.