Web Development Answers to Marc Grabnaski's Questions

I desperately need and am looking for a solid way to upload and attach photos to my web applications.  I have no problem coding uploading one at a time - that is simple - but what about uploading and managing multiple photos?  SWFUpload has been my uploader of choice, but I have found it to be fairly shaky at times. Is there something better than SWFUpload, or is it the best?

Please keep in mind that I use PHP as my server-side technology, if that matters.

I'm giving away $10 via PayPal to the best answer.

Update: I'm looking for any method to upload images to web applications.  This could be picasa, flickr, air application, normal forms with ajax ... whatever is easiest for people to get their pictures on web applications.  Even though your ideas may not work for every case, I (and the community) need to hear your ideas and any methods used for uploading images.

Update August 1: This is a broad question - and broad questions deserve broad answers.  If I need in-depth information about a specific analytics need, I will follow up with another question and reward.

I've used Mint, BLVD and Google Analytics - but I still want to know what the best software is for gathering data.

Please explain why the software is the best in as little as a few sentences, and as much as a few paragraphs.  I don't mind long answers if you want to take the time, but this is meant for myself and others to get a general flavor of what people think regarding analytics packages.

I tried to give $5 to Bernd for his thought-provoking answer, but he denied it.

Thanks for all your answers, the answers are now public.