A blog with no photo...

Okay I'm frustrated. All of my photos disappeared from my Blog. I've been using Blogo as an editor, then uploading to blogspot for posting. It worked seamlessly for several days, but now there's chaos. Google's massive integration of multiple services seems to be the culprit. Web forums are quickly filling with people with similar frustrations, all thinking it's their unique issue. Looks like the problem may reside with Picassa, Google's photo sharing site. Now, I don't really want or need to use Picassa, I'd be happy just uploading photos from my phone or hard drive, but is that an option??? NO! All uploaded photos automatically go into a library at Picassa where they are accessed by the blog. Hmmm. I'm sure there's some advantage there that I'm not seeing. But in the meantime, my frustration is mounting.

Was Google's intent to satisfy unmet needs of blog writers? Or was it merely an avenue to get us hooked on more of their proprietary software applications?

There's no question that Google has become a part of our everyday life... But is this an instance where they've gone too far? Just try to get technical support on something like this that crosses so many applications... I wonder how the Amish blog?