Learning2.0 : Journey to about2findout.com

Flickr is one of the most popular web2.0 sites around. Flickr enables you to upload your photo's, share them with others, comment on (parts of) pictures, interact with your contacts and communities, tag pictures, etc. It is now part of Yahoo. It made many web2.0 features popular : tagging, clean interface, ajax elements, user rating etc. There are even sites now that just like flickr drop the 'e' in the 'er' ending (for example blogmailr.com).

As a business model Flickr uses advertisement income from its free account, and a yearly subscription fee (around 25$) for the PRO members, who get additional upload rights and features.

My friend is heavily into Flickr (he celebrated 10000 views last month) and you can find his pictures here. I also have opened a Flickr account just to play around, and to store the pictures that will be used on the Bed&Breakfast site of my mother-in-law. You can find my sets here.

What I especially like about the Flickr interface and I want to have in about2findout.com as well, is the greeting in a random language (Aloha Bert) and the menu box that lists your main options on any page.

I also want about2findout.com to be able to use Flickr pictures. There is a special section to search for royalty-free pictures under Creative Commons. Flickr also has an upload tool that will automatically size your pictures for web delivery, which is handy.

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