When travelling, the first port of call (excuse the pun) when it comes to social media interaction is to get your photographs ‘up’. They need to be online and there for friends, family and all to see, but it’s a realtively simple process, requiring none of the dedication, commitment and brilliance of a blog post (the pressure to be witty, interesting and profound can be a bit of a burden). And thanks to Pikchur, my latest travel tool recommendation, there’s really no excuse.

Pikchur allows you to share your photographs while on the go. Once you’ve created an account you’re all set. Take a snap and then choose to post the image via phone, mms, email or upload. Pikchur then will send it far and wide to whichever online accounts you’ve synced with the service. This means each active profile you have on Facebook, Jaiku, Twitter, Pownce, tumblr, friendfeed, identi.ca, plurk and rejaw will be updated with the pic.

So whether you want to update a host of pals across a host of services with the latest image of you in front of a famous monument in a distant land, or just plop some photos on Facebook while away from a computer, Pikchur could help you out.

by Sam on 2 September 2008
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