Acid-free pixels

Since I recently joined the ranks of the digital camera owners I found Love in the Age of Digital Photos to be an interesting column from Stewart Alsop as he makes the same sort of bossa nova pining I've been having over the medium which is so loveworthy yet so lamentable. I've not tried any of the online services he mentions but I did install OS X on my iBook to optimistically try iPhoto only to be left somewhat unimpressed.

Film cameras remove much of this workload since you can have the film processed and, after a few days, get back prints and a CD with digital copies. Also, noone seems to be thinking about archival problems that may arise in the future since, at this point in the technology lifespan, I'll choose paper for longevity well before digital media. Digital cameras are cool but I hope there will be an easier way to manage the volume of pictures soon as well as more thoughts for archival qualities of storage formats.