MyPicShares

What is MyPicShares?

MyPicShares is a free, anonymous, and simple way to share and communicate with pictures - and a convenient way to add pictures to your blog or website. MyPicShares is not a photo gallery application - instead, it is a way to communicate with pictures.

Features

A great feature of MyPicShares is that you don't need to create an account to use it. In fact, the original idea behind MyPicShares was to create a quick and anonymous way to get a picture online without going through an onerous account signup process. Just upload, and your picture is ready to use.

Another great feature of MyPicShares is that you can link to your pictures from a blog or a website. That way you don't have to go searching for a place to host your picture, and can get your blog entry or website done in a more timely fashion.

How Do I Use MyPicShares?

MyPicShares is pretty darn easy to use. The only required field is the Pic field. This is the field that tells MyPicShares what picture to upload and display.

The Pic Box

To use MyPicShares, click the button next to the Pic box (or just the button if you're a Safari user) and a file selection dialog box will open.

Navigate to the place on your computer where your picture lives, and select it. Once you click OK, or Select, or whatever the dialog box says to indicate you've made your choice, you will see the path to the file you selected in the Pic box (unless you're using Safari - in which case you will see the name of your file next to the button).

At this point you haven't uploaded your picture yet! All you've done so far is select the picture you want to upload. If you don't want to send a link to your picture to someone, so they can look at the picture too, click the Upload... button and the upload process will begin.


NOTE: You can upload a file up to 500KB, or half a Meg. Your picture must have a .jpg .jpeg .gif .tif .tiff .bmp or .png extension.

The To Box

If you want to share the picture with up to three other people MyPicShares will send them an email with a link to your picture. Simply enter their email addresses in the To box separated by either a comma, space, or semi-colon (e.g., bob@bob.com;jan@jan.com, joe@joe.com).


NOTE: MyPicShares will send a link to the first three valid email addresses it finds. It will stop sending emails after it finds three valid addresses. So, if you put in 50 email addresses, don't expect 50 people to get the link.

The From Box

This is where you enter your from email address (that's your email address - e.g., you@yourdomain.com). It's a good idea to include your email address in the From field, although it's not required. Doing so will have several benefits. First, the email link to your picture has a better chance of making it through your recipient's SPAM filter. Second, the recipient will know who the link is from, and is less likely to delete it. Finally, if your recipient wants to reply to you, to tell you how much they loved the picture, they can. If you don't include a From email address MyPicShares is used.


One more note on the From field; the email address you enter is stored on your computer as a cookie (you have to have cookies enabled) for future use so you don't have to keep entering a from email address over and over again. If you want it blanked out, just blank out the string and upload a picture. The cookie will be deleted.

The Subject Box

It's helpful, although not required, to include a descriptive Subject so the person receiving the email doesn't think they are getting SPAM'd.

The ReCaptcha Challenge

In order to keep people from writing scripts against MyPicShares it is mandatory to fill out a ReCaptcha key. It's pretty simple to use, and keeps MyPicShares humming along democratically. To upload a picture you MUST type the words you see in the white box area in the ReCaptcha box verbatim. If you don't, you will get an error warning you that you can't upload the file. If you can't read the words (some of them are pretty hard to read), just click the little recycle arrows on the ReCaptcha form until you get some words you can read. You can also listen to the words if you press the little speaker icon (for those that are sight impaired). If you mess something up you will have to re-gen a new ReCaptcha key by using the little recycle arrows. I'm using re-captcha because it provides security for MyPicShares and also has the added benefit of helping a good cause. Check it out on their website.

The Upload Button

Now that you've filled out all the proper information, click the Upload... button and your picture will be uploaded.

Terms of Use

Use MyPicShares at your own risk. Pykyl, and all Pykyl affiliates, offer no warranty on MyPicShares, nor provide remuneration for using MyPicShares. If MyPicShares is not working, or failing in any way shape or form Pykyl, and all Pykyl affiliates cannot be held responsible. Nor can Pykyl, or any of its affiliates be held accountable or liable to damage done to your computer or computer network as a result of using MyPicShares.

Abuse. If you are found to be abusing MyPicShares, Pykyl will take steps to stop you from using the service including technical and legal means.

Copyright Infringement If asked by a copyright owner of a picture, Pykyl is obligated to remove the picture from MyPicShares.

Privacy Policy

Anonymity. Pykyl makes no legal claim that your anonymity will be protected when using MyPicShares. If a warrant is served by the appropriate authorities, Pykyl will comply with that warrant. Although, Pykyl will not share your IP address, nor any other information gathered during the use of MyPicShares with any non Pykyl affiliate.

Public Network. All pictures are sent over a public network unencrypted.