February 20, 2006

two years ago tomorrow

i first posted about flickr.

two days later - stewart in eweek. "Rather than focusing on making connections, as in many social-networking sites, or simply on real-time communication, Flickr embraces the idea of instant media sharing, Ludicorp President Stewart Butterfield said. Its initial focus: real-time photo sharing and collaboration."

I said: I'll tell you though, getting image bombed in the middle of a conversation just tickles me to pieces. A way to pass the time for the radically ADD. I can only imagine getting funk bombed or hip-hop bombed.

Anyone remember the flickering flickr chat? Me: You'll also find the rapidly flickering flickr flickering thing when you launch the group chat sessions in flickr. More than one flicker-er
has dubbed it the seizure-inducing startup thingy.


Stewart in eweek: "The point is to allow people to communicate and collaborate and to experiment in real time," said Butterfield, who dubs Flickr, "Groupware for play."

So I guess now flickr could be called photo hosting for grownups?


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