Dropipe is the first desktop application that uses tarpipe’s API to upload pictures to the Web. It was written by Alcides Fonseca using the TarPipe Python API and is being shared with the AWL license.

It’s very easy to use:

1. Install it by dragging it into the Applications folder;
2. Optionally drag it to your dock;
3. Drag and drop any picture into it;
4. The first time it will ask you to enter your API key;
5. Just copy the API key from one of your workflows and you’re done.

For more information, and download instructions, please visit the Dropipe project page.

Do you have ideas for more applications or ways of using tarpipe on the desktop?

plasq launched recently a new Skitch.com feature that captures images sent by e-mail, publishes them online and posts a twitter message announcing them.

You’ll be able to capture your moments and share them with your friends in no time. Brian Caldwell, from plasq, puts it better by saying:

Elapsed time from when you saw “it” happen, to showing everyone you know what “it” looked like … 15 seconds.

This is a great time saving feature. If you’re used to send twitter updates from your cell-phone, you’ll now have the possibility of sending pictures as well. Just imagine the possibilities.