I think I had downloaded Picasa once upon a time, said "that's it?" and uninstalled it. After a very strong recommendation from Sara, I gave it a second chance. It turns out that I didn't know I needed it.

It's software to help you organize your photos. That's really all it is. But they've put in every little feature you'll ever need. You can resize, crop, and re-color photos. You can have it make web-ready versions, automatically add it to a blog, create a CD, etc.... go on »