I too did not like Flickr/Picasa/Facebook so I built my own (vivapixel.com) with simplicity as my main focus.
Albums can be shared allowing everyone I know to upload with a simple password (no registration hassles) or they can also email their photos with a special email address.
So if I go to a get-together with friends and family I'll create an album on my iPhone and give everyone a simple email address to remember and photos flow in over time.
So 1 album will have ALL the photos from that day/event in 1 place...
PS: The email to album is "mom approved" btw, since almost everyone knows how to email photos.
Good point, I really didn't want to use this as a way of harvesting email addresses, but I can see how you and others could come to this conclusion. I honestly did not want to do this and would never "betray" the folks at hn with some sort of bait and switch move... So please disregard my request, I've already removed the email address and album.
Thanks for the heads up !!
It's safe, fast and easy to use.
Try it and let me know what you like/dislike.
thanks
dh