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Action for Libraries
Internet Connection
By Michael Sauers
Fun with Flickr
For those of you posting on or searching through Flickr.com, where you can store, search, sort
and share your photographs, here are a few interesting tools that are definitely worth a look.
- FlickrFling:
www.nastypixel.com/prototype/cms/myfiles/pages/flickrfling/
Point FlickrFling to the RSS feed of your choice and see the headlines transformed into Flickr photos with matching tags. - Spell with Flickr: metaatem.net/words/
Type in a word or two. The letters are replaced with Flickr photos of the same letters. Think of it as "Ransom Note 2.0." - Clockr: www.quasimondo.com/clockr.php
Shows the current time, updated every second, using numbers from Flickr photos. - Groupr: groupr.200ok.net/
Displays the last five photos from each of your Flickr groups on a single page. - How to Embed Flickr Slideshows: www.paulstamatiou.com/2005/11/19/how-to-quickie-embedded-flickr-slideshows/
Provides detailed instructions on how to put a slideshow of your photosteam into your Web site. - Color Fields Colr Pickr: www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/
Choose a color from the color wheel, adjust the brightness of the color and see 12 photos that predominantly feature that color. - Flickr graph: www.marumushi.com/apps/flickrgraph/
Explore the relationships between Flickr contacts using this interactive graph. Start with your username and click on your contacts to expand the relationships. - Slickr: cellardoorsw.com/
Creates a screensaver that uses photos from your Flickr account or from the tags of your choice. Be sure you have a plenty-powerful computer before running this one.