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I’m really bad at organising my digital photos. I’m paranoid about losing irreplaceable photos (like the ones of my son as he grows up fast) and end up copying them to a variety of locations, but I’m not as smart about it as I should<\/em> be.<\/p>\n

In this week’s Connected Home Media update, Paul Thurrott writes about getting organised with digital photography<\/a> using nothing more than the features within Windows XP. Not everyone will agree that this is how to do it (especially those with a commitment to third party applications which work for them) but its an interesting read, and will probably work for anyone who doesn’t have massive requirements for their digital workflow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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