Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Flickr is pretty cool.

I have to just put this out there: Flickr is AWESOME! I love the fact that you can add photos, add tags, collaborate with other users, add favorites and browse photos easily. I checked out the Library of Virginia's Flickr collection and was sucked into their great aray of historic Richmond pictures. I love the fact that people can browse through their pictures and add tags and make comments as they see fit. I found a picture of some 1956 class at TJ high school and noticed that someone had identified several of the people in the picture. What's really great about Flickr especially when dealing with older pictures is that it opens up the possibility that someone will come across a picture and know something about it that you don't know. While doing this is risky in some ways, there is a lot to be said for the "wisdom of crowds."

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