How a non-profit uses Trovebox as a whitelabeled photo and video management service

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We sat down with Robert Kirk from Open Source Ecology and asked him how Trovebox has helped them save time and enabled their team to collaborate more effectively around photos of their projects.

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Trovebox: Tell us about Open Source Ecology.

Open Source Ecology: Open Source Ecology (see the founder’s TED Talk) is an exciting non-profit located in Maysville, Missouri. We have identified 50 modern industrial machines needed to sustain modern civilization and are re-designing them and publishing the blueprints open source. These high-performance, modular, do-it-yourself, low-cost platforms allow for easy fabrication. We plan to make available these plans to assist the developing world by providing access to technology that is currently cost prohibitive. These blueprints will also lower the barriers of entry to people everywhere in many businesses involving farming and construction.

OSE is building new machines regularly and it’s very important to video and photograph these events and create short documentaries and “how to” guides related to the machines.

Trovebox: How does Trovebox fit into your workflow?

Open Source Ecology: Trovebox has become an invaluable tool for our documentation efforts. First of all, it’s a great repository for anyone who wants to view and/or download photos related to our work. But Trovebox has also become a critical first step in creating our How-To Guides for building our machines.

As builders construct the machines they are uploading photos to Trovebox during each step as they go along. They are also recording a “diary” of their work. Then remote collaborators can download the photos and match the diary entries to the visuals for our How-To guides in a program called Dozuki.

Trovebox: Any advice or tips for people considering Trovebox?

Open Source Ecology: My advice would be for people to definitely look at Trovebox before committing to another platform. We are very happy with how it operates, and, of course, we are thrilled to be using an open source solution.

Trovebox: How do you see your use of Trovebox evolving in the future?

Open Source Ecology: We hope to have all our people equipped with the Trovebox App installed on their phones so they can regularly upload photos making our documentation as complete as possible. We also hope to be able to configure the site so it’s an attractive and easy to navigate repository for all our photographs. (we’d like to discuss this with Trovebox)

Trovebox: Anything else you’d like to share?

Open Source Ecology: We’re glad we found you!

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