Flickr Online Photo Service Reviewed

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Flickr Online Photo Service Reviewed

Posted by michael on Thursday December 2, 2004 @04:26AM from the through-a-glass-darkly dept.

kschoenwandt writes "I have been an early fan of Flickr and while I am by far not as much of a shutter bug as most users seem to be, I enjoy the features and use it regularly. Taking some time out reading, I noticed that I am not the only one impressed: The Globe and Mail published a piece on it as did The Christian Science Monitor. Cool!"

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other useful service bureaus for photographers by Speare · 2004-12-02 04:34 · Score: 5, Informative
Besides the consumer-oriented shutterflys and the community of deviantart, there are other service bureaus which are of value to professional and serious amateur photographers out there.
- http://www.whcc.com/ -- great color-calibrated lightjet output at great prices if you're comfy with ftp
- http://www.pbase.com/ -- a free/cheap host for albums, allows deep links to images
- http://www.printroom.com/ -- a popular site for albums and print order processing
- http://www.smugmug.com/ -- a popular site for albums and print order processing
I used to use ezprints.com for lightjet output, but their color calibration is very spotty and inconsistent these days.
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Ad Rates by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-02 04:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Hi! I was wondering what the rates are for getting my business mentioned as a front-page Slashdot story? At first I thought that I might have to insert open-source code into my commercial product and claim it as my own, but now that seems to not be necessary.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Re:2 places that like it by xetaprag · 2004-12-02 04:40 · Score: 5, Insightful

You've got to wonder if this isn't a trend that has larger consequences.
Photo storage has traditionally been a "OS" centric activity. Peronsal photos tend to be exactly that, personal. But if users are willing to store (and trust) personal information on (to) public internet sites, then why not display the same trust will all but your password files. If I can store my email on GMail, my photos on-line, and my documents online, what's left for the average user? If I am an average joe (and am not hiding a secret porn stash) then why not store the majority of my digital information on-line.

At some point Microsoft or the Linux-folks are going to have to realize that OS systems design to manage data on just-local drives are woefully inadequate.
Re:Christian Science Monitor? by adturner · 2004-12-02 04:46 · Score: 5, Insightful

Uh, obviously you've never actually read an issue of the CSM otherwise you'd never make such a remark. While it is published by a church (not one I particularly care for btw), it is one of the best researched independant publications in print since they actually have reporters in foreign countries rather then just relying on AP/Newswire/etc. Not quite up to Economist standards in my unhumble opinion, but worth at least looking into.
Flickr API by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-02 06:04 · Score: 5, Informative

I work at Flickr. Of paricular note to /.rs, check out our open API: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/