Friday
Mar252005
Flickr coolness
Friday, March 25, 2005 at 9:25AM
Had a good practice at Allison's last night, plus we got to see some of the new Urban Tapestry DVD that John has been putting together for the Interfilk auction at FKO (a few other copies will be made available for other Interfilk auctions). Wow, he's done a great job! Can't wait to get hold of a copy myself. :-)
I recently mentioned that I wasn't happy about Yahoo's recently announced acquisition of Flickr. Well, Flickr was smart and posted a a FAQ about the acquisition that addresses most of my concerns, so I'm not quite as panicky. I do have some personal experience with what happens with the acquisition of a small company by a much bigger company, however, so am going to take the FAQ with a grain of salt and Wait And See What Happens.
That said, however, I've been pretty happy with Flickr, which has been a much more interesting and vibrant community than Orkut, mainly because it has a very practical use for me. As long as Yahoo's acquisition doesn't have negative repercussions, I'll probably renew my Pro account in December.
In Flickr, some people add tags to their photos to make it easier for everyone to locate them. I need to start being more consistent about this; I haven't been adding tags to every photo.
To search the Flickr photo database, you can either use the Flickr interface to search for photos with certain tags, or try this very cool postcard browser that Jeff told me about. If you want to see an example of how this works, try typing in "dmo" (my message board id from university days, still used by some of my friends). You'll get a display of pictures, theoretically with me as one of the subjects. Click on any photo for a close-up and description, and then click "View Flickr Photo Page" to go directly to that page.
Very cool. And so now I'm even more inspired to start uploading and tagging some of my favourite people and other pics from years back, to make it easier for ME to access as well.
Selection of recent feedback to my Blatherings:
From Annie W., in response to Babybabble:
"On behalf of all parents, I would like to thank you and Jeff (and all those other amazing people) for being wonderful aunties and uncles. Personal decisions on family aside, all children benefit from having non-parental adults around. Filk-kids are *so* lucky to have the people that they do :-) You are a fabulous auntie :-)"
From Ally C. re: gardens:
"Debbie, you are so lucky you know what's in your garden-to-be and even have a garden map! We bought out house in December, and the owner had already moved out. We never met him, and have very little idea what's in this extensive garden that he and his wife obviously worked very hard on. I *think* I recognize peonies (yeah! I've always wanted them!) and a rose bush, and found what I think are daffodils trying to emerge. Everything else is just unknown! It's kinda exciting, yet frustrating at the same time. This morning, Ted and I were out in the defrosting garden and he looked around and said "I just hope none of these are lilacs!" since he's allergic."
From Andy B., re: Russian Dwarf hamsters:
"I always thought Basil the Siberian Hamster was a joke!"
And quite a few people said they actually LIKE my overly excited housebabbling, so go figure. :-)
I recently mentioned that I wasn't happy about Yahoo's recently announced acquisition of Flickr. Well, Flickr was smart and posted a a FAQ about the acquisition that addresses most of my concerns, so I'm not quite as panicky. I do have some personal experience with what happens with the acquisition of a small company by a much bigger company, however, so am going to take the FAQ with a grain of salt and Wait And See What Happens.
That said, however, I've been pretty happy with Flickr, which has been a much more interesting and vibrant community than Orkut, mainly because it has a very practical use for me. As long as Yahoo's acquisition doesn't have negative repercussions, I'll probably renew my Pro account in December.
In Flickr, some people add tags to their photos to make it easier for everyone to locate them. I need to start being more consistent about this; I haven't been adding tags to every photo.
To search the Flickr photo database, you can either use the Flickr interface to search for photos with certain tags, or try this very cool postcard browser that Jeff told me about. If you want to see an example of how this works, try typing in "dmo" (my message board id from university days, still used by some of my friends). You'll get a display of pictures, theoretically with me as one of the subjects. Click on any photo for a close-up and description, and then click "View Flickr Photo Page" to go directly to that page.
Very cool. And so now I'm even more inspired to start uploading and tagging some of my favourite people and other pics from years back, to make it easier for ME to access as well.
Selection of recent feedback to my Blatherings:
From Annie W., in response to Babybabble:
"On behalf of all parents, I would like to thank you and Jeff (and all those other amazing people) for being wonderful aunties and uncles. Personal decisions on family aside, all children benefit from having non-parental adults around. Filk-kids are *so* lucky to have the people that they do :-) You are a fabulous auntie :-)"
From Ally C. re: gardens:
"Debbie, you are so lucky you know what's in your garden-to-be and even have a garden map! We bought out house in December, and the owner had already moved out. We never met him, and have very little idea what's in this extensive garden that he and his wife obviously worked very hard on. I *think* I recognize peonies (yeah! I've always wanted them!) and a rose bush, and found what I think are daffodils trying to emerge. Everything else is just unknown! It's kinda exciting, yet frustrating at the same time. This morning, Ted and I were out in the defrosting garden and he looked around and said "I just hope none of these are lilacs!" since he's allergic."
From Andy B., re: Russian Dwarf hamsters:
"I always thought Basil the Siberian Hamster was a joke!"
And quite a few people said they actually LIKE my overly excited housebabbling, so go figure. :-)
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