Photo Stream Upload - Bypass iPhoto & Aperture

It's easy to get photos from a device to the computer, Photo Stream handles that automatically, but...
Long story short, I just want to be able to drop any image from my computer to my Photo Stream via a sync folder. Simple no?
I can use Aperture or iPhoto to add photos to Photo Stream, but Aperture feels bloated and slow, I'd rather just be able to add an image to a Photo Stream folder and have it be automatically added to my Photo Stream.
I have found something close in this article, which allows you to easily search & pull photos from Photo Stream, but I still haven't found out how to simply add them, so they go to my iOS devices too, without iPho
http://bit.ly/KpIjzP
I tried making an additional folder in the Photo Stream folder and adding images there, but it's not working.
Anyone have a solution here?
Thanks!
Using OS Mavericks 10.9

Can't be done.  One needs iPhoto or Aperture to connect with the iCloude servers and upload photos to them.
If you want to add photos to your iPhone without going thru iPhoto do the following:
1 - put them in a folder on your hard drive
2 - connect the iPhone to the Mac.
3 - launch iTunes.
4 - click on your iPhone under Devices.
5 - click on Photos.
6 - check Sync Photos From and select Choose folder....
7 - navigate to the folder with the image files you want to put on your iPhone and select it.
8 - sync with your iPhone.
You're gateway to the iPhone is iTunes.
OT

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