#7 More Flickr Fun

Part of the Web 2.0 philosophy encourages users to build their own applications using the data and information from a particular site. Flickr has encouraged others to build their own applications using images found on the site. Through the use of APIs (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and mashups that use Flickr images. Here are just a sampling of a few…

• Flickr Colr Pickr - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.
• Montagr - create a photo mosaic from photos found on Flickr.
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Discover more mashups, web apps, and Flickr tools.

Discovery Exercise:

1. Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools that are out there.
2. Create a blog post about one that intrigues you.

So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps. And if you’re up to the challenge while you’re at it, why not create a trading card of your own.

* Mashup note: Wikipedia offers some great articles that explain mashups. Basically they are hybrid web applications that take features from one application (like Flickr) and mash it up with another (like a map).