If you're like me, not all of your family has jumped on the uber-tech bandwagon. So their ability to see all of the cute images of your family may be limited by their inability (or interest) in hoping on [insert social networking site of choice here] to view your pictures. Nobody actually prints out images anymore, event if they do have the latest home/office printer that can take that 4x6 super glossy paper.
When it's time to send physical images to friends and family, you might want to check out the Touchnote website or mobile apps for iPhone and Android. Simply put, Touchnote lets you upload images, do some quick editing (positioning, zoom, etc) and create a postcard, complete with image caption and personalized message that you can send to individuals or multiple physical addresses in a matter of days for the cheap.
Touchnote offers a simple as pie interface that will have you sending out postcards in a matter of seconds. Once you login, you can edit your profile and payment info (credit card or PayPal) and begin to upload images. On the website, you can do basic image editing, in addition to adding text bubbles and captions to the image. Once you're satisfied with the image, flip the card over and add a longer message with some font personalization, and finally add the addressees.
Next is buying credits in groups of 5, 8, or 15 (which breaks down to $1.50 US per card) according to the payment information saved in your profile. Now you're ready to ship. According to the Touchnote front office, your images are sent from the UK the very next day and should arrive in mailboxes accross the globe within days of uploading your card. Coming soon is the ability to add images from Facebook and Flickr. I did have some trouble positioning the text bubbles and captions - I had to be REAL precise at grabbing the edges to drag the features around to the right spot.
The mobile app makes it easy to free those images currently being held hostage on your phone to be seen by somebody who probably cares a little more than random folks on Twitter and Facebook (just being honest). You don't have all of the same editing options as the web, but you can zoom and position images, add a caption, and add a personalized message. You can add addressees from your phone's contact list and buying credits to is similar to doing so online. I tried the mobile version as well and sending postcards via smartphone was the preferred way to go.
Touchnote even saves postcards that are in progress for both the web and mobile, so you don't have to start over if you can't immediately find Grammy's address. So if the family complains that you don't send any pictures after you repeated attempts to save the url to your family's website on their desktop, choose you battles wisely, and use the Touchnote service to send them beautiful postcards at an awesome price via snail mail (you will be doing the struggling post office a favor as well).
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