Photo diary

Final Word

Photocrumbs is not a particularly advanced solution; thus, it can be improved in many ways. For example, you might want to modify the PHP script to generate and display thumbnails instead of scaled full-size photos. You could also add code that pulls and displays geographical coordinates and add lightbox functionality for a better viewing experience. In short, you can do plenty of things to improve Photocrumbs. The code is available for your hacking pleasure, and I gladly accept pull requests.

About Photocrumbs

The solution described in this article was born from a need to scratch a personal itch. When I travel, I like to collect "photocrumbs," casual snapshots taken with my Android device and accompanied by short text notes. They act as my personal photo diary, and I use them to recreate my trips when I'm back home. Although I could easily use any of the existing photo-sharing solutions for publishing and managing my photocrumbs, I wanted to build an instant solution that automatically pushes snaps from my Android device to a self-hosted PHP-based app running on my Raspberry Pi. After several evenings of tinkering and coding, I came up with a solution that I dubbed "Photocrumbs."

The Author

Dmitri Popov has been writing exclusively about Linux and open source software for many years, and his articles have appeared in Danish, British, US, German, Spanish, and Russian magazines and websites. Dmitri is an amateur photographer, and he writes about open source photography tools on his Scribbles and Snaps blog at http://scribblesandsnaps.com.

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