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Posts Tagged ‘flickr’
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (11am – 12mid)
Going Places on Flickr: The Significance of Geographical Information in PhotosDan Catt (Yahoo!, Inc. ) Dan outlines the challenge for Flickr around selecting location. How does Flickr take a lat/long coordinate pair and decide exactly where a photo has been taken? This is about reverse geo-coding. “Places have meaning… we (Flickr) should be able to [...]
Flickr goes video
So, the “…best online photo management and sharing application in the world.“ has now introduced the ability to upload video. Admittedly you are currently only able to upload 90 second clips and, according to the video FAQs, there are two ground rules: 1. Only “safe” and “moderate” video content is permitted. Your “beautiful wife” should [...]
LastGraph
Andy pointed LastGraph out to me several weeks ago but that unfortunately coincided with the service being off-air for a while as demand outstripped capability. I’m glad to say that the site is now up and running again and so I have finally been able to visualise my listening habits of the last 12 months [...]
Talk Like A Pirate Day 2007
Now I know I’ve mentioned it before, largely due to spotting this poster by accident in Cornwall last year, but it honestly had completely escaped my attention that today was Talk Like A Pirate Day. That was until I popped over the Flickr to check that my cameraphone Royal Albert Hall photo had transferred ok [...]
Spell with flickr
Some time ago I had what I thought was a great idea. It centred around trying to give a bit more focus to my photography whilst being more creative at the same time. Without going into all of the boring detail it basically involved taking pictures of a whole variety of typography, signage, lettering etc [...]
