NotesYahoo has the opportunity to make Flickr the photo-sharing site on the Web. And if it continues to innovate and update the service, Flickr could even become the next Flickr.EmbedUnfurl
NotesFavorite: "Randall", Honey Badger narrator personalized autograph -- Go Firefox!, by Chris and Loretta More The character "Randall" introduced his book at Stanford bookstore, did a funny presentation, and autographed his new book. This was what he wrote for me and the Firefox team.EmbedUnfurl
NotesFavorite: Bento #15: Super Smash Bros. left side, by AnnaTheRed Featuring Kirby and Yoshi! More detailed photos here How to make Yoshi Check out my blog post for this bento (left side)EmbedUnfurl
NotesFavorite: Bento #16: Sleeping Totoro!, by AnnaTheRed Bento Totoro yawns as he sleeps with other chibi totoro and makkurokurosuke. His bed which you can't see is made out of lotus root, inside his belly is a meatball. More detailed photos here Check out my blog post for this bentoEmbedUnfurl
Notes Flickr is somewhat unique in that it uses a code repository with no branches; everything is checked into head, and head is pushed to production several times a day. This works well for bug fixes that we want to go out immediately, but presents a problem when weâre working on a new feature that takes several months to complete. How do we solve that problem? With flags and flippers! FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notesparallel-flickr is a tool for backing up your Flickr photos and generating a database backed website that honours the viewing permissions you've chosen on Flickr.Unfurl
NotesFavorite: STRIKE Graffiti - Oakland, CA, by EndlessCanvas.com Monster strike tag on the front of Whole Foods Market done in the middle of the day during the Oakland General Strike.EmbedUnfurl
Notes"As a new Pre owner, I was curious to learn to code for the Palm WebOS SDK (Mojo). Whenever I try to learn a new technology, I try to build a functional test project. So⌠what to build for WebOS? Since the Preâs web browser doesnât currently support the W3C Geolocation spec used by Flickr Nearby, I figured a good âHello Worldâ might be an application to get the GPS coordinates from the Pre, and then load the appropriate Flickr page for that location."Unfurl
Notes"FlickrEdit is a Java Desktop application that allows you to display and edit your photos in a variety of ways. It also allows you to download/backup or upload your photos to and from Flickr. FlickrEdit is written in Java and it uses flickrj framework to access Flickr."Unfurl
Notes"George Oates is responsible for much of what is great about Flickr. George Oates is the last person a sane company would lay off. I donât know what to think about Yahoo after reading how they laid off George Oates."FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes""I'll just get straight to the point. You've been affected by the layoffs." ... I watched as my access to various parts of the guts of Flickr fell away. I noticed how naturally I searched for any and all bits I could think of, just in the hope that it still existed. But no. I was shut out entirely within about 14 hours of the phone call. ... I was beginning to feel humiliated, particularly given what I was up to. You know, being in Taiwan at an international conference to talk about my work."FeedUnfurl
Notes"It seems that using queuing systems in web apps is the new hottness . While the basic idea itself certainly isnât new, its application to modern, large, scalable sites seems to be. At the very least, itâs something that deserves talking about â so hereâs how Flickr does it, to the tune of 11 million tasks a day."FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"In life, I try hard to not attribute to malice what can be attributed to ignorance, but I simply can't believe that Thomas can read and write at his demonstrated level while not being deliberate in the FUD-spreading."Unfurl
Notes"Iâve started to implement this machine tag format here. If you look at my last postâwhich has a whole list of booksâyouâll see that Iâve tagged the post with a bunch of machine tags in the book:isbn format."Unfurl
Notes"The winning project, called Blogging In Motion, combined a camera, a handbag, a pedometer and the Flickr API to create a device that takes a picture after every few steps and then automatically blogs those pictures."FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"Interesting little 'feature' on Flickr. You can't write all capital letters. Aye, tis be true, try it. It'll convert it to properly capitalized sentences..."Unfurl