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Flickr's Explored!

Posted on March 11, 2009 7:53 PM | No Comments

Been avid Flickr user since 2004, I just discovered that my few photos made into Flickr's Explore page. I like to call it interestingness.

Flickr gave us the definition of the interestingness:

There are lots of elements that make something 'interesting' (or not) on Flickr. Where the clickthroughs are coming from; who comments on it and when; who marks it as a favorite; its tags and many more things which are constantly changing. Interestingness changes over time, as more and more fantastic content and stories are added to Flickr.

As of March 11, 2009, out of 1,540 photos posted in my Flickr, I had nine explored pictures, six are currently in and three were dropped.

The tools can be found in Scout: Find your photographs in Flickr's Explore to take a quick look to find if your Flickr photos are explored'.

Flickr launched video service

Posted on April 8, 2008 10:15 PM | 1 Comment

Flickr finally launched the video feature, and I began playing around with this; take a comparison between Flickr Video and YouTube:

Flickr video

YouTube:

This video is original 320x240 video resolution with 30 frame per second, What do you think the quality of video?

If you're member of Flickr account, you're in the luck to have a upload videos with limit of 150 MB or 90 seconds. It is just beginning...

WP Flickr Plugins: FAlbum or Slickr?

Posted on January 7, 2008 10:55 PM | 2 Comments

I took my responsibility running the Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf (PAD) deaf clubhouse website, powered with WordPress (WP), along with few plug-ins helps to beef up the cool features such as event calendar and gallery.

Last October 2007, I installed FAlbum, a WP plugin for Flickr photo to feed Flickr photos directly into PAD website to display the photos.

Until last week, I discovered 'Slickr Gallery', the most slick AJAX Flickr plugin for WP, and I began experimenting with this in PAD website just for fun. Here it is - the plugin looks so incredible and web-rich, make you feel more mood and exictment level to navigate the photos!

I have notice the differences between WP Flickr plugin: FAlbum and Slickr, such as advantages and disadvantages:
- Slickr does not provide specific URI address for a photo set page and individual photo page. FAlbum does.
- FAlbum supports EXIF data, tags, Flickr notes, download photo sizes what Slickr does not have.
- Slickr is currently active in development; FAlbum is somewhat slow in development
- FAlbum have several AJAX errors, and somewhat poor style pages
- Slickr is easy to install and configure in WP to administrate, FAlbum is somewhat little complicated
- FAlbum needs some with web coding knowledge to modify and fix in back-end

Well, I decide to keep both WP Flickr plugins, to separate the old version and web-rich version in front-end PAD website for user-friendly who wants to download the photos in old version page, and savvy-user enjoy their time to surf web-rich version.

Fun Flickr Numbers and Deaf Flickrs

Posted on December 14, 2007 10:26 AM | 2 Comments

W00t! Flickr is fun to view photos. Especially the numbers. Yesterday Flickr announced the stats are now available for your photos - only to Pro account users who paid $25 per year for having a unlimited photos and huge amount of bandwidth. The data includes the traditional stats, such as most views, search engine referrers, breakdown of photo stats including count of your public photos, geotagging, interestingness, most favorites/comments and what can I say more?

Continue reading Fun Flickr Numbers and Deaf Flickrs.

24 hours of Flickr

Posted on May 7, 2007 8:29 PM | 1 Comment

I participated the group photo sharing site, 24 hours of Flickr for only one day on Saturday, May 5th 2007, in favor of taking my photo for Deaf culture or on Deaf places.

Here is brief description about 24 hours of Flickr:

To celebrate this global community, we invite you to join us in 24 Hours of Flickr, a day-long global photo project. On May 5 2007......only submit one (1) photo take.......event will be commemorated by a companion 24 Hours of Flickr book, which will contain a selection of photographs chosen from the group. Additionally, the group's photos will be featured at Flickr events around the world this summer.

By adding your [our] photo to this group, you understand that it may be selected for publication in the 24 Hours of Flickr commemorative book and/or displayed at a Flickr-sponsored event this summer.

I would feel great and proud myself if, if, if, IF my photo publish into the book. My old WPSD alumni and a friend, MoneyLeo13 also participated in this group.

By the anyway, Flickr blog made an announcement today: new version/look of slideshow along with my personal favorite Flickr photos around the globe. For Windows, press F11 button on your keyboard on web browser for full beauty view of slideshow.

Flickr Order Prints

Posted on April 29, 2006 2:26 PM | No Comments

I tried out my first time (pah!) to order the prints through Yahoo / Flickr site.

Around 1 a.m. last night, I went Flickr's PAD Deaf Club photos page, selected 17 photos to order the prints through Target location nearby my home. The receipt from Flickr site said it cost around $5 dollars (includes service cost).

I went Target store today with my proof printed receipt, and I never expected that Target also offer $1.40 off (and no service cost??) for orders and price difference, and the final sale is $1.05.

$1.05 for seventeen printed pictures! Sweet.

My best 25 pictures of 2005

Posted on December 26, 2005 10:39 PM | No Comments

The year of '05 is almost gone but never forgotten. Ever. I looked back the year 2005 of my fresh memories by using my two digital cameras (PowerShot S330 and S2 IS). I snapped over 1,000 pictures. Traditionally, I selected my favorite pictures, narrowed down to 25 out of 1,000 images; posted in my Flickr.

Pictures of 2005

I also posted past three top 25 pictures of the year (2002-2004) in previous entry. Enjoy!

My Flickr Favorites

Posted on December 21, 2005 8:03 PM | No Comments

This picture is what you are seeing above is not related to mine or friends'. It is someone's photoblog in Flickr, linked in my favorite pictures here listed such as precious, geeky, emotion, nudity (work-safe), energetic and humorous. Definitely worth a look.

PAD love Flickr

Posted on November 19, 2005 12:03 AM | No Comments

I posted over two hundred pictures into DPHH Flickr for Holiday Party, hosted by Pittsburgh Association for the Deaf (PAD) last Saturday, November 12th. The pictures from Flickr linked to PAD and DPHH website, and it has become overwhelming popular (1,800 hits as of Nov 18th in Holiday Party group page).

Today the active meeting Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf passed the vote that they are paying the one-year subscription account to Flickr, the photo social network. It seems interesting to me because it could be first deaf organization/club to have an account of Flickr.

The reason is because of unlimited size of photos, unlimited bandwidth, privacy settings and the most important, ease to use. It sound too good to have advantage of that, PAD can have back-up photos to storage in Flickr server rather than worrying to get lost, limited number of photos and sizes.

Since I moved manual-built pictures from DPHH website into Flickr few months ago, I put DPHH as free one-year subscription until it expires July 2006. I resigned DPHH committee this month for good, so I am wondering myself: who's going to take responsible with DPHH Flickr? If it is active, and it's going to be interesting to see DPHH and PAD to have an competition over Flickr..

Flickr is one of best social photo sharing networking, no argument. I always have a dream for long time that I would like to see more and more Deaf people in Flickr, as I discussed in my previous entry #719. It's going to be much fun for everybody if my dream comes true.

Flickr Forever

Posted on July 24, 2005 11:07 AM | No Comments

A photo of anonymous using Flickr to see a photo of anonymous using Flickr to see a photo of anonymous using Flickr to see a photo of anonymous using Flickr, and forever - infinity and beyond.

Infinite Flickr. I am one of them. My Infinite Flickr ticket number is 83.

Oh, and don't miss the incredible movie created by monkiineko (a.k.a. monkey cat), the movie animates the speed journey through photographs in Flickr group.

Via FlickrBlog.

UPDATE: 12 hours later today, two new photos are coming in Infinite Flickr pool after me and you can find me inside the photos.

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