Why Flickr didn't create Instagram

Wondering why Flickr didn't try to kickstart the Instagram-style social networking photo revolution years ago? It might have were its efforts not 'squashed relentlessly' internally. Unfortunately, Flickr is owned by Yahoo. [MG Siegler]

Why Flickr didn't create Instagram

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Christmas Lights (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

Boing Boing reader Camera John shared this photograph in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, and explains:

I started zoomed in and out of focus. During the exposure I zoomed out and focused it. The best way to get it in focus during the exposure requires a little prep work. First zoom all the way out or to your stopping point and focus on the tree/subject. This is where everything should be lined up at, at the end of the exposure. Next take a small piece of masking tape an put it on the focusing ring. Put another piece, aligned with the focusing ring tape, on the zoom/focal length ring. Now you can see where to stop. Zoom in, unfocus the camera and take your shot. You might be out of luck if you don't have a dslr/slr.

Christmas Lights (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

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Through the looking glass (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

"Ground Control to Major Sean (take your protein pills and put your helmet on)," a photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader John K. Goodman, whose website is here....

Through the looking glass (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

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Sleepy: Wild Parrot of Telegraph Hill (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

Photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by user Brandon Watson of Hayward, California....

Sleepy: Wild Parrot of Telegraph Hill (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

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Snow Chihuahua (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

"Cliffy Explodes," a photograph contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Andy Meehan of Bozeman, Montana, where it is undoubtedly very cold today. Who says Chihuahuas aren't snow dogs?...

Snow Chihuahua (Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

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UNC team builds 3D model of Rome using Flickr photos on a single PC in one day

A UNC team has written an engine that scours Flickr for photos of a city, figures out which ones are images of the same place, analyzes them, and uses the results to build amazingly detailed 3D models -- all in less than a day, using a single PC.

UNC team builds 3D model of Rome using Flickr photos on a single PC in one day

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