December 21, 2004
Flickr, Crack for My Photo Empty Soul
Flickr is nothing new at this point. For those with blogs or photoblogs, it's something you have probably seen or heard of at this point. And then there was apparently a Salon.com article just the other day (I say apparently because those Salon bastards are douche bags. Revenue model. Psh!). I signed up with Flickr a little while back, but just haven't done anything with it. What with my laziness and all.
But I'm here to report that Flickr is super addictive. An addictive photo sharing community. As addictive as I imagine crack cocaine might be. You can have friends and contacts (similar to Friendster, another black hole of productivity - they actually compared the two), and you can share your photos for all the world to see. I share plenty of photos here, but Flickr can be used by all, independent of blog constraints. All you need is a camera or camera phone. My parents could even use Flickr (hint, hint).
Uploading photos is a cinch, especially if you've got the Flickr Uploader. So why not create an account? Upload some files, leave some comments, or even some notes! Notes are maybe the coolest, yet potentially the most annoying feature ever. You highlight the area of a photo and write anything you want in that area.
I only started uploading pictures over the weekend, and I feel like I'm hooked. The only problem is, I am already going through a Flickr identity crisis. Do I make it camera phone only, picture only, or a combination of both? I'll probably go with both, with some overlap with this site's photos. There are certainly a lot of novel ideas out there, and people browsing the photos can find anything they want. Photos can be marked with tags, grouping photos with the same tags together. Example - pizza tag.
Looks like there's yet another way for me to be more connected to the Internets while not at a computer. Sigh...life...down...drain. As you will notice, the camera phone is kind of crappy, and my most recent Flickr images are in the right hand column.
Posted by tien mao in Photos, Tech at 7:52 AM
flickr is growing on me. i haven't taken the time to play with it much, as sometimes it feels like yet another thing to do instead of real work, but the annotation thing is coolio.
Posted by: corie at December 21, 2004 9:18 AM
i have quickly learned that taking photos with camera phone in the cold is a bad, bad thing.
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at December 21, 2004 10:51 AM
are they paying you? ;-)
Posted by: rion at December 21, 2004 11:21 AM
look out for one of my candy cane portrait photos on the logout page of flickr...they asked if they could use it yesterday. let me know if you see it-- i haven't, yet.
Posted by: yp at December 21, 2004 3:45 PM
i wish they paid me. then again, they probably wouldn't like the crack comparison.
Posted by: tien at December 22, 2004 12:02 AM
Flickr is better than crack. More addictive, costs less, more fun.
Posted by: Keith at December 22, 2004 1:04 AM
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Keith: Flickr is better than crack. More addictive, costs less, more fun. ... {read on}
tien: i wish they paid me. then again, they probably wouldn't like the crack compariso... {read on}
yp: look out for one of my candy cane portrait photos on the logout page of flickr..... {read on}
rion: are they paying you? ;-) ... {read on}
tien: i have quickly learned that taking photos with camera phone in the cold is a bad... {read on}
corie: flickr is growing on me. i haven't taken the time to play with it much, as some... {read on}