#flickr
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Okay *now* I'm freaking out about Flickr https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/818589759320637440 #yahoo
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I'm starting to think I need a few different names, and using unique ones for each distinct thing I do. If you search google news for "Aaron Parecki" it's full of articles about Uber and ride sharing, because I took a bunch of photos of cabs in Portland and posted them on Flickr with a CC license and people use them in articles all the time.
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@ysaw Did you ever end up writing up how you made the justified photo view on Flickr? I found your comment on http://www.wackylabs.net/2012/03/flickr-justified-layout-in-jquery/
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@zebel They do say it's based on "magic". I think it's triggered by any change, such as someone favoriting a photo. @FlickrAPI
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@eyeficard Help! I can't connect my card to Flickr anymore! The auth screen pops up inside the app (which is bad OAuth practice) and now Yahoo rejects the request!
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Just got this notice from Flickr about 6 hours of scheduled maintenance on the API. I'm a little terrified of what changes they might be making https://gist.github.com/aaronpk/6040998
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Hey Yahoo! Get your weird navbar out of my Flickr! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9202901976_39e0c3b24f_o.png
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Why is Flickstagram more successful in non-English languages?
Flickstagram, a service which will export your Instagram photos to Flickr, has had far more users in non-English speaking countries, and has also appeared in more non-English blogs than English ones.
None of my other small projects have gotten this much traction in such a variety languages, and I was curious why.
I then looked at the Flickstagram website again, and realized an unintentional side effect of the design:
The website is still usable even if you can't read any of the buttons.
At a glance, you can see:
- The giant Instagram logo pointing to the Flickr logo, giving some indication of what the service does.
- A big green button.
There is no question as to what you should do first.
Even if you can't understand English, you can still use the site! This is my guess as to why this site has gotten so much uptake in other languages.
So, when possible, design your websites so they can be used without reading any of the text!
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Just for fun, I generated a map showing the countries of all the photos that have been exported from Instagarm to Flickr so far.
While the US definitely has the most photos, I am still surprised by the number of photos from other parts of the world!
Blog Posts about Flickstagram
- English - cultofmac.com
- English - iphoneography.com
- English - idownloadblog.com
- English - instagramers.com
- English - nirmaltv.com
- Spanish - eldinamo.cl
- Spanish - otrogeek.net
- Spanish - ahermac.tumblr.com
- Russian - artslab.info
- Russian - the-clu.com
- German - stadt-bremerhaven.de
- Czech - iphonefoto.cz
- Japanese - cmmntr.com
- Persian - tortak.com
- Indonesian - telkomflexi.com
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Watching the photos roll in from http://flickstagram.org! 36,000 and climbing! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/uploaded%3Aby%3Dflickstagram/
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Flickstagram: The best way to import your Instagram photos to Flickr http://flickstagram.org
