#11 Fun With Flickr

#6 More Flickr Fun

Like many web 2.0 sites, Flickr has encouraged other people to build their own online applications using images found on the site. Through the use of APIs (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and mashups* that use Flickr images. Here are just a sampling of a few … ([Further note December 10th: This is no longer true. With the ever changing web world, wikipedia has been edited and the link isn't there any more. I left the info here because it just goes to show that the web changes much faster that we can keep u with!]Note October 30th: I just found out that someone put my husband's mashup onto the wikipedia site as an example! It is runningmap.com at the bottom of the page. You can acutally add your Flickr pictures to the maps you make as points of interest, so I guess it has a Flickr tie in as well.)

• Mappr - allows you to take Flickr images and paste them on a map
  
• Flickr Color Pickr - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.
  
• Montagr – create a photo mosaic from photos found on Flickr.

Discover more mashups, web apps, and Flickr tools.

Discovery Exercise:

Your discovery exercise for this “thing” is to:

1. Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools that are out there.
2. Create a blog post about one that intrigues you.

Personally one of my very favorite tools is FD Toys’ Trading Card Maker. And there’s a ton of librarians out there that have created their own Librarian Trading Card.

So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps. And if you're up to the challenge while you’re at it, why not create a trading card of your own. :)

* Mashup Note: Wikipedia offers some great articles that explain mashups. Basically they are hybrid web applications that take features from one application (like Flickr) and mash it up with another (like a map). In this example, you get Mappr (http://mappr.com).

PS: Learning 2.0 image created by Spell with Flickr.