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The Peculiar World of Web Photo Sharing
theodp writes "Can't get enough pictures of dogs' noses? Circular objects framed within squares? Newsweek reports on photo-sharing sites and picture blogs, where amateur shutterbugs looking to share their passions with the world happily blast their photos out to millions of people. Fotolog CEO Adam Seifer, who posts a picture of every meal he eats on Get In My Belly!,
calls the Fotolog-Flickr-HeyPix-Smugmug phenomenon 'a million reality TV shows, only without the pain and humiliation.'" Update: 03/14 07:09 GMT by T : Reader onethumb points out an important aspect of such sites: "The new breed of photo-sharing services expose their APIs for geeks everywhere to enjoy. Both Flickr and Smugmug have growing APIs with thriving communities around them. Write your own photo-sharing application, sister web service, or software toy today!" (Here's a link to Flicker's API, and one to smugmug's.)
Slashshot.org - My photo reactions to every Slashdot story.
Funny, I don't see any photos. I just see numbers like '404' and '503'. ...
Does my screen not support those types of images?
94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
"Fotolog CEO Adam Seifer, who posts a picture of every meal he eats on Get In My Belly!"
;)
I hope this guy gets to be known for more than just that...
Find out about the Lexus Rx400h Hybrid!
Blogging for people who don't know how to type! It's a brave new world.
To capitalize on this latest trend, I think I'm gonna take pictures of the people who take pictures of wierd things...
That's not wierd at all.
94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
"only without the pain and humiliation"
I know of a few photos this guy hasn't seen yet. If he sticks around Slashdot he'll certainly run into them, though.
Personally, I waste enough of my own life eating meals (usually 3 square / day); I don't want to waste even more watching what others eat (or observing other mundane activities).
3^2/day? You eat 9 meals a day?
Personally, I doubt anyone wants to see a photoblog of my diet. ; ) Pizza, mountain dew, more pizza, mountain dew, pizza, pizza...
Fotolog CEO Adam Seifer, who posts a picture of every meal he eats on Get In My Belly!, calls the Fotolog-Flickr-HeyPix-Smugmug phenomenon 'a million reality TV shows, only without the pain and humiliation.'
I don't know what's worse, the fact that the guy is the CEO of a site that caters to weirdos and doesn't think it is, or the fact that he doesn't find his website name, "Get In My Belly!", humiliating.
"a million reality TV shows, only without the pain and humiliation"
Aren't those the main components of "reality" tv shows?
I eat macaroni and cheese with catsup everyday, eh. I could just take one photo and leave it up all the time.
Slashdot-like website, except that every article *has* to be a single "shot" - a one line single statement, with either a word or sentence limit? So the front page will be like:
:P. But slashshot.org sounds cool - keep us updated. Why don't you write about it in your journal?
* Google changes dictionary provider [categories: google, business, wikipedia, dupe]
* Adam West in new Batman cartoon [notserious, batman]
* Apple litigation in ending stages [legal, apple]
Some suitably smart mechanism will make the categories be votable (allowing category tags like "w00t", "dupe" and, heck, "boobies" to be added by readers, for instance). The most visited websites will get onto the front page. People posting crap will get categorized "crap", and stuff which is silly but funny can become "unintentional-funny" or something.
My rather worthless two cents
You would probably direct more users to her site if you added "... and yes, there are boobs"
I'm using Linux (Knoppix) for the first time right now. It's cool and everything, but how come I haven't turned gay yet?
Okay, this is a common problem. Goto a terminal(The thing that looks like a screen with a seashell in front of it for no apparent reason) and type in:
man mount
Also, how long will it take for my GNU/Hippie beard to grow?
That depends on body weight/odor. Try eating high fat foods(A tub of crisco works well) and keep your eyes on the screen at all times. Also, do NOT use deodorant...it will double the time to grow a nice healthy RMS style beard. Ohh...and saying GNU/Linux helps too.
Should I stop showering today or tomorrow? I need help!
Stop immediately. If you've recently showered, it's okay, just don't let it happen again. If you do the BSD Demons will come and showering(or lack thereof) will be the least of your worries...you've been warned!
"I can't believe that 20,000 people visit Adam Seifer's site every week, just to see pictures of his meals. It's such a useless thing, and fotolog.net just has countless, random pictures."
Heh I can't believe you don't realize you're one of those 20,000 hits today.
"Derp de derp."
Thanks for sharing.
And sadly, six years ago, if he'd taken the idea to a venture capital firm, they'd have probably dropped a check for $10 million in his lap.
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'a million reality TV shows, only without the pain and humiliation.'
so just leaving the relentless boredom? - sounds accurate.
On a related note, this guy has the best webcam ever.
Our you could use it to share your recipies, such as Egg With Hat
May this post be indexed by spiders, and archived for all to see as my Internet epitaph.
Giving rise to "Get in my wallet!" where people post photos of the insanely huge cheques they get from venture capitalists..