multiple pictures in a post

I found that it's tricky to insert multiple pictures in a post and have it look decent, as in this post. I wanted to have the pictures near the text, so I had to do the following:

• I alternate placement of pictures on the left and right sides. I tried placing some in the center but there isn't enough space and it can cause some of them to overlap.
• I put plenty of new-lines between the sets of paragraphs and pictures so they generally stay together.
• When a paragraph begins with a short word (like "so" or "we"), I follow it with an " " instead of a space. If I don't, that first word often shows up alone in the margin or between pictures, far away from the paragraph.