Well, it seems I have been testing a lot of stuff this weekend. Although I've been hearing a lot about it in the past few months, I have just signed up with Flickr.
I am not really sure what it is (haven't gone through the help section yet), but it seems to be some kind of social networking tool mixed with a picture sharing service (I have been using Photoways, after dropping Webshots due to their unacceptable new commercial terms; I also use of course the pix sharing feature on my typepad account, the technology company behind this blog). It seems I need to invite lots of people. We'll see how this service develops. From their site:
* You will have your own page to show off your photos
* People can leave comments on every photo
* Makes many photo sizes, such as thumbnail, medium and large
* Rotate photos easily
* Set privacy levels on each photo and decide who can see them and comment on them
* Upload photos by email or from your cameraphone
* Post photos to just about any blog (LiveJournal, Blogger, Moveable Type, Typepad, Manila, you name it!)
and also:
Some of the other Flickr features include:
* Full RSS and Atom support
* Easy uploading tools to make it easy to upload big batches of photos from Windows and Macintosh, complete with tags and privacy settings!
* A mobile version of the website so you can see the latest photos on your web-enabled cell phone or PDA
* Moblogging directly to any blog, via email
* Group photo pools, so everyone at a wedding, for example, can put their photos in one place.
* ...and more!
In the meantime, I was able to very easily Flickr to interface with my blog account at Typepad. I'll keep you posted!
