engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: revisiting old community connections
Flickr, LinkedIn, community management? It's like 2008, all over again!
engaged reading digest
Flickr, LinkedIn, community management? It's like 2008, all over again!
cameras
Flickr has published its annual round-up of the most-used cameras [http://blog.flickr.net/2016/12/06/smartphones-dominate-flickr-in-2016-apple-leads/] . Guess which one wins? Apple, of course, is a proxy for “iPhone” here. The iPhone is the biggest camera brand on Flickr by a significant margin. And I bet you it would
flickr
Yahoo is stopping investing in Flickr [http://petapixel.com/2016/02/03/flickr-to-be-scaled-back-as-yahoo-trims-1700-jobs/] Sad time for those of us that still use and enjoy Flickr: > While products such as Yahoo Games will soon be shut down, Yahoo says that it will be reducing its investment in non-essential properties such
copyright
This is an interesting move: > But we’ve heard from our community that we’re missing two important designations: Public Domain and Creative Commons 0 (CC0). Many members of our community want to be able to upload images that are no longer protected by copyright and correctly tag them
exeter
Few apps have deserved the response “at last” more than the Flickr iPad app [http://blog.flickr.net/en/2014/10/17/announcing-flickr-for-ipad/]. The fact that it has taken over four years for this to surface is a sign of just how much Yahoo has dropped the ball with the
APIs
What happens if you mix the geo-data embedded in photos with some data about where our listed buildings are in London? This: > Higher graded buildings were more likely to have photographs taken near them: 88% of Grade Is had at least one photograph falling within 25m of their centre
flickr
Flickr is a decade old [http://blog.flickr.net/en/2014/02/10/happy-10th-birthday-flickr/]: > Together we have defined online photo sharing. Currently, there are nearly 2 million groups sharing 1 million photos every day. We were the first significant online community where you could store, organize, tag, and share
flickr
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/new-flickr-whatevr.jpg] So, I wrote a long thing about the new Flickr [http://nextberlin.eu/2013/05/revamping-flickr-life-after-startup/] elsewhere. The TL;DR version is: * Evidence suggests that the new Flickr is successful * Many old users aren’t used to
flickr
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/new-flickr-fullscreen.png] The new Flickr – announced earlier today – looks bloomin’ lovely on my 27″ Apple display. I was slightly surprised to see so much neagative feedback about it on Twitter – looks pretty good to me so far. Cue for
flickr
The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/28/yahoo-our-redesign-of-the-flickr-ios-app-has-led-to-a-25-spike-in-photo-uploads-viewership/] : > On its earnings call today, Yahoo reported that its Flickr product has enjoyed a resurgence in the mobile space, with iOS usage spiking a full 25% in terms of uploads and photos viewed, measured on a daily basis,
acquisitions
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-15-at-20.09.45.png] Ah, Flickr [http://flickr.com]. In 2004 I loved that site. But today is not a day for nostalgia. Today is a day for looking at the mistakes corporates make, and how you learn from
criminals
Interesting. London’s Metropolitan Police seems to be noting the willingness of the public to help identify rioters, and are posting CCTV grabs to their Flickr account [http://www.flickr.com/photos/metropolitanpolice/sets/72157627267892973/]. [via Adam Coffer [https://twitter.com/#!/adamcoffer/status/100887090660786176]]