Image curation

1. A system comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage memories having instructions stored thereon; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

launching an application for execution on a computing device;

responsive to the launching, automatically, and without user intervention:

generating image curation criteria;

curating images associated with a user using the generated image curation criteria; and

causing the curated images and an indicator of the criteria to be displayed by a display device of the computing device.

2. A system as described in claim 1 , wherein the application is part of an operating system and the launching is performed responsive to selection of an option by the user to output the curated images.

3. A system as described in claim 1 , wherein the criteria specify an analysis of one or more pixels of corresponding said images that is to be performed.

4. A system as described in claim 1 , wherein the criteria correspond to metadata associated with the images.

5. A system as described in claim 1 , wherein the curating is performed through execution of the application for at least one said image that is accessible remotely via a network to identify the at least one said image without downloading the at least one said image.

6. A system as described in claim 5 , wherein the at least one said image is downloaded responsive to identification of the image using the criteria.

7. A system as described in claim 1 , wherein the curating of the images includes:

identifying the images automatically and without user intervention;

selecting a subset of the identified images to be displayed automatically and without user intervention;

matching one or more of the selected subset of images to positions in an image layout automatically and without user intervention; and

replacing display of at least one of the selected subset of images in the image layout automatically and without user intervention.

8. A system as described in claim 7 , further comprising generating additional criteria after passage of a predefined amount of time and curating additional images responsive to the generating of the additional criteria.

9. A system as described in claim 8 , wherein the generation of the additional criteria is based at least in part on the criteria that was previously generated.

10. A system as described in claim 7 , wherein the replacing is performed for a first said image in the layout and is not performed for a second said image in the layout at a same point in time, the first and second said images being displayed concurrently at a previous point in time.

11. A system as described in claim 1 , wherein a source of the images is accessible remotely via the network using credentials of the user that are stored on the computing device.

12. A system as described in claim 11 , wherein the credentials are accessible upon login of the user to the computing device.

13. A system as described in claim 1 , wherein the images include still images or video images.

14. A system comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage memories having instructions stored thereon; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

generating criteria responsive to initiating, without user intervention, execution of an application comprising the instructions;

responsive to the generating and without user intervention, identifying images that are associated with a user;

responsive to the identifying and without user intervention, selecting a subset of the identified images for display;

responsive to the selecting and without user intervention, displaying the selected subset of the identified images in an image layout, the image layout including a description of at least one of the generated criteria used to identify at least one image being displayed in the image layout.

15. A system as described in claim 14 , wherein at least one of the criteria are based on people, time, or location.

16. A system as described in claim 14 , wherein at least one of the criteria are people based on pixels included in the images.

17. A method comprising:

launching an application for execution on a computing device;

responsive to launching the application, curating images using criteria that are generated automatically and without user intervention; and

responsive to the curating, causing the curated images to be displayed by a display device automatically and without user intervention, the curated images displayed according to a layout such that at least two or more of the curate images are displayed concurrently, the layout including a description of at least one of the generated criteria used to identify at least one of the curated images being displayed according to the layout.

18. A method as described in claim 17 , wherein the layout does not include preconfigured borders that are visible to a user when viewing the layout.

19. A method as described in claim 17 , wherein the application is part of an operating system and the launching is performed responsive to selection of an option by the user to output the curated images.

20. A method as described in claim 17 , wherein the images include still images or video images.