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On the state of location networking

Location-networking is meant to provide two experiences: 1. Broadcast your location to your friends and FoaF network in the hope of making unexpected connections; and 2. Share comments and rich media (photographs, video, voice etc.) about your experiences at a particular location. This then, is the state of my location …

Getting it wrong – Twice

Browsing through the Straits Times this morning, I came across a photograph that was attributed to “flickr.com”: Attributing the photo this way is wrong in a couple of ways: 1. Flickr is not the organization that “owns” these photos, it’s merely hosting them. 2. If the photo was licensed under …

A follow-up on Flickr feed privacy

Talk about shooting your mouth off 🙁 A while back I had made a long-ish post about the Recent comments feed on Flickr and how the lack of authentication could allow people to see your non-public photos. Well I recently had posted some photos to my Flickr photostream, that were …

Flickr RSS Feeds do not respect your privacy

On a bit of a RSS trip here aren’t we? 😀 Anyway, this is something I came across a few weeks back and it’s been bugging me ever since. Since everyone likes a stroke (and I’m no exception) – I have subscribed to the feed for comments on my photos …

Make a wish

*deep breath*, originally uploaded by JKonig. I logged into Flickr this morning to discover this absolutely rotten piece of news – and if there is one person (who I have never met and lives half-way around the world from me) for whom I could make a wish that nothing bad …

Got myself Flickr pro

I’ve been looking around for a photo sharing site that would offer: Unlimited Storage High bandwidth The option for anyone viewing the image to see larger thumbnails and even the original image and not just one tiny 100×100 square Tagging Easy to use interface Finally realized that there was no …