Task 9: Flickr toys

The internet used to be a pretty one-sided place. Websites allowed you to put information out on the web, but there wasn't a lot of collaboration. You just took the information as it was, and that was that. Now, the web is all about collaboration. Most web applications can be easily co-opted and modified to add functionality. Flickr is an excellent example of a site that has become the base for all sorts of other applications.

Examples:

Flickrbits.com. This site claims to be the definitive list of flickr tools available on the web.

FD's Flickr toys. This site provides little tools that add frames to your photos, or make them into trading cards or magazine covers. This would be a great place to use that self-portrait picture I mentioned in the last task assignment!

Retrievr. This tool allows you to search for flickr pictures by sketching them out on your screen. Fun to play around with and see what you come up with.

Colr Pickr. This is one of my favorites. Want to find a bunch of green pictures? Feeling like today is a pink day? Pick a color, and this tool will show you pictures on Flickr that match that color.

Spell with Flickr. Want a really easy way to write a ransom note? This site lets you type in a message and spells it with images found on flickr.

Clockr. See the current time written out in pictures of numbers found on flickr. This can even be downloaded as a screensaver.

Also cool is Moo, a site that will print you little business cards with your own flickr pictures printed on the back of them. This is for a fee, of course, but still neat all the same.

So for this task: Explore some of the flickr tools listed above, and post about it in your blog. If you edit a picture, try to post it in your blog. Or if the tool you use helps you find pictures on flickr, try and post one of those.