I’ve been using Flickr since 2002, but only recently became a paid member. As you can see, I have shared 365Libs on the side of my blog. 365 libs is a group of libraries & librarians on flickr that are trying to catalog 365 days in their library. I like to share library events (especially bulletin boards & promotions) that we do when I can. This has become more difficult since my institution blocks uploading to Flickr. One can still browse the photos, but sending data to the site is verboten. (I found a loophole, however, in Flickr’s email to account feature. I just save the files to my Desktop, then email them into the account. The only drawback is you are limited in how large a file you can send.) Groups like 365 Libs, Library Desks, and other library related in groups show the possibilities of Flickr in our work. I’ll get comments from those communities when I share my ideas, and get ideas myself from these groups as well. It’s also a great place to get images for presentations and such, providing it is allowable due to copyright. I did not know of the Creative Common’s group on there. I have some pastoral scenes from a recent trip to Tennesee that I plan to share in there.
Another tool I use at home is Flickr Uploadr, which allows me to group edit & manage my image files. Some report it’s kind of buggy, but I’ve generally found it useful.
One drawback to Flickr is the limits on a free account (limited sets, etc). Upgrading is not that expensive, and as I recent subscriber to the site, I think the bennies (unlimited sets, higher bandwidth, etc) are worth it!
Now, I did add the Flickr App to F-book, however, i also removed it due to privacy concerns. People in my professional sphere (which includes connections I have on Facebook) do not need see pictures of last weekend’s party, my latest boring road trip, or invitations to events I’ve design ed for friends to use in online promotions. Flickr is a great application to share photos, to the groups I want to, when I want to. And Facebook has it’s own photo share feature that works just fine enough for me.
Tags: Week 6: photosharing
