Progressive Background Uploading

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic that is operable when executed by one or more processing units to:

• access a first instance of content stored in memory of a mobile computing device of a first user, the first instance having a first file size;
• generate a second instance of the content from the first instance, the second instance having a second file size that is smaller than the first file size;
• generate a first upload queue comprising at least the second instance;
• generate a second upload queue comprising at least the first instance;
• automatically uploading to a server from the mobile computing device the second instance of the content according to the first upload queue, the upload of the second instance making the content available for access at least in part by one or more second users at an immediate point in time;
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• in response to occurrence of a pre-determined upload condition, automatically uploading to the server the first instance of the content, the upload of the first instance of the content making the content available for access by the second users in an original version.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by one or more processing units to:

• access an original image stored in memory of a mobile computing device of a first user, the original image having an original resolution;
• determine a minimally-acceptable resolution for images to be uploaded to a server;
• generate a reduced image from the original image, the reduced image having a reduced resolution that is smaller than the original resolution, the reduced resolution being substantially equal to the minimally-acceptable resolution;
• automatically upload the reduced image from the mobile computing device to the server, the upload of the reduce image making the reduced image available for access at least in part by one or more second users at an immediate point in time;
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• in response to occurrence of a pre-determined upload condition, automatically upload to the server the original image.