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 …
- 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.
Discovery Exercise:
Your discovery exercise is to:
- Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools that are out there.
- Create a blog post about one that intrigues you.
Optional:
If you're up to the challenge while you’re at it, why not create a trading card of your own.
Suggested tools to use are FD Toys’ Trading Card Maker.
You can create your own Librarian Trading Card.
* 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/).
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