Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Week 8 Web2.0 Tools--Flickr my Bicr

Flickr my bicr (—remember the flick my bic (lighter) commercials?) ok, ok, I'm showing my age again...

The week 8 web2.0 activity for exploring Flickr begins at www.flickr.com

After creating a new account, I went back to the start page because something had caught my eye.

The page gives some simple statistics regarding how popular this social network website/service is getting to be:

Seemingly astonishing numbers to me, of course I am very much an introvert and somewhat anti-social so it boggles my mind how these networking sites are proliferating.

First, the item that really caught my eye was the astounding number of geotagged photos – 2.8 MILLION this month!! For those who keep track of webpage hits, this is an amazing number to me. Second, 3,293 photos uploaded in the LAST MINUTE! Give me a break—that’s incredible!

The geotagging feature really swept me from the get-go so I had to check it out.

I clicked on the link to find the above picture representation of the locations of the geotagged photos. Just looking at the map, you can see that they have a database of over 2.5 MILLION geotagged pictures that people have actually taken the time to tag with locations so others can find them.

Then, I saw the search window which allows users to search for locations and it shows you a listing of pictures associated with that location. So I input Tulsa and came up with the following picture map:

In the past, I have always used Google/Images for my picture searches, but now if I’m looking for a place, I’m probably starting here…

By taking the Flickr “tour” you can find out why they say you should use them:

“Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Let us show you why!”

“Flickr is a way to get your photos to the people who matter to you. And since basic accounts are free, there's no reason not to explore further...”

With Flickr, You CAN

Upload

Upload from your desktop, send by email, or use your camera phone.

Organize

Use collections, sets, and tags to organize your photos.

Share

Use groups and privacy controls to share your photos.

Maps

Share where your photos were taken, and see photos taken near you.

Make Stuff

Cards, photo books, framed prints, Target pick up, DVDs, etc.

Keep in Touch

Get updates from family and friends.

I’m only going to briefly show you the flexible, user-friendly ways to upload—the rest of the site you can go explore on your own!

Upload

There are 5 simple ways to upload your photos to Flickr

  • via the Flickr Uploadr (available for both PC and Mac)
  • via iPhoto, Aperture, or Windows XP plugins
  • via our upload web page
  • via email
  • via various free third-party desktop programs

And if you're not near a computer? Snap a photo on your mobile phone, email it to Flickr, and have it appear on the site in seconds.

SWEET...

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