Comments on: Introducing FlickrFan http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Wilde Jagd | Re-Writing Dave Winer’s “Revolution” in a few lines of Ruby http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-876566 Wilde Jagd | Re-Writing Dave Winer’s “Revolution” in a few lines of Ruby Fri, 02 May 2008 19:36:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-876566 [...] one of the good guys, says it’s “understandable that some are underwhelmed” but he likes the concept. Which he had in our hands, be it via 12 lines of Ruby or [...] [...] one of the good guys, says it’s “understandable that some are underwhelmed” but he likes the concept. Which he had in our hands, be it via 12 lines of Ruby or [...]

]]> By: Scott http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-828364 Scott Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:39:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-828364 <p>If you re-do the app in XUL or Java, it will make the cross-platform stuff a breeze.</p> <p>As a "poor Linux" user that would rock.</p> If you re-do the app in XUL or Java, it will make the cross-platform stuff a breeze.

As a “poor Linux” user that would rock.

]]> By: Bob http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-818693 Bob Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:01:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-818693 <p>Yep it's been done before, and it's a nice idea. However I can't help feeling that there is a huge amount of potential in the metadata being stored with every photo on Flickr. How about an interface where the thumbnails for pictures coagulate together based on the tags that are applied or a multi-dimensional navigator that arranges photos in a virtual space by shutter speed=X, aperture size=Y and for a third dimension add ISO setting=Z</p> <p>If Dave Winer is really as clever as people seem to think, this sort of thing should be a walk in the park for him.</p> Yep it’s been done before, and it’s a nice idea. However I can’t help feeling that there is a huge amount of potential in the metadata being stored with every photo on Flickr. How about an interface where the thumbnails for pictures coagulate together based on the tags that are applied or a multi-dimensional navigator that arranges photos in a virtual space by shutter speed=X, aperture size=Y and for a third dimension add ISO setting=Z

If Dave Winer is really as clever as people seem to think, this sort of thing should be a walk in the park for him.

]]> By: Julian http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-818283 Julian Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:29:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-818283 <p>Your article has made me think... a YouTube RSS feed that randomly shows various videos has no use, but what if, newsflash style, a Youtube RSS Feed alerts you to a new video post on a channel, or a specific event like a localised news event or a sports result? That would be a useful application.</p> Your article has made me think… a YouTube RSS feed that randomly shows various videos has no use, but what if, newsflash style, a Youtube RSS Feed alerts you to a new video post on a channel, or a specific event like a localised news event or a sports result? That would be a useful application.

]]> By: Ben Cooper’s Weblog » Blog Archive » A Chat with Ben and Pete - Episode 10 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815548 Ben Cooper’s Weblog » Blog Archive » A Chat with Ben and Pete - Episode 10 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:57:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815548 <p>[...] Om Malik [...]</p> [...] Om Malik [...]

]]> By: What FlickrFan might become « Bob Morris: Investing, tech, coffee. http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815294 What FlickrFan might become « Bob Morris: Investing, tech, coffee. Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:00:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815294 <p>[...] 29, 2007 — Bob Morris As broadband becomes faster, who is to say that we can’t randomly pull videos (that some day will be better quality than today) that interest us from YouTube and automatically [...]</p> [...] 29, 2007 — Bob Morris As broadband becomes faster, who is to say that we can’t randomly pull videos (that some day will be better quality than today) that interest us from YouTube and automatically [...]

]]> By: Bob Morris http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815270 Bob Morris Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:46:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815270 <p>Take in one step further. Create a incoming stream of videos with FlickrFan, filter them to create your own "tv station", then broadcast it on the web.</p> <p>The filtering would be the important part, to create an outgoing stream of videos on the same topic. If the videos had metadata, then the filtering would be fairly easy.</p> Take in one step further. Create a incoming stream of videos with FlickrFan, filter them to create your own “tv station”, then broadcast it on the web.

The filtering would be the important part, to create an outgoing stream of videos on the same topic. If the videos had metadata, then the filtering would be fairly easy.

]]> By: Peter McCabe http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815011 Peter McCabe Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:35:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-815011 <p>Mmm ... forgive me for sounding a little brittle, but there is nothing new in this concept at all. Quite apart from the 'it was available here before / PCs can do it already with this ... ' chat ... all valid, but putting aside the tech side of things, let's just consider the core concept - randomly looking at lots of your pictures / videos / whatever over time.</p> <p>Every time my wife gets out the 'holiday / wedding / her youth / my youth / blah blah blah' pics, and begin to randomly show off the entire collection to whatever guest has enjoyed dinner and of course not a little wine with us, I become frigid with boredom.</p> <p>Now, I love my wife. The holiday was a pleasure, the wedding my finest day, her youth pretty damn interesting and my youth, well, I have to give it a nod, it was after all the making of me.</p> <p>But a random stream of photos of the above? I don't need it, I really don't! You want me to spend the next hour / day / weeks constantly staring into some freeze-framed / video restricted snapshot of some long gone moment. Sure, I am happy they are there, and I want to dip in or go find from time to time. But streaming? Constantly? What happened to the here and now.</p> <p>So, nothing new here. Just a (not so) fresh spin on the age old 'have you seen our holiday snaps?' horror that need never show its teeth, made worse by there being no guests, no dinner, no wine, and no end in site.</p> Mmm … forgive me for sounding a little brittle, but there is nothing new in this concept at all. Quite apart from the ‘it was available here before / PCs can do it already with this … ‘ chat … all valid, but putting aside the tech side of things, let’s just consider the core concept - randomly looking at lots of your pictures / videos / whatever over time.

Every time my wife gets out the ‘holiday / wedding / her youth / my youth / blah blah blah’ pics, and begin to randomly show off the entire collection to whatever guest has enjoyed dinner and of course not a little wine with us, I become frigid with boredom.

Now, I love my wife. The holiday was a pleasure, the wedding my finest day, her youth pretty damn interesting and my youth, well, I have to give it a nod, it was after all the making of me.

But a random stream of photos of the above? I don’t need it, I really don’t! You want me to spend the next hour / day / weeks constantly staring into some freeze-framed / video restricted snapshot of some long gone moment. Sure, I am happy they are there, and I want to dip in or go find from time to time. But streaming? Constantly? What happened to the here and now.

So, nothing new here. Just a (not so) fresh spin on the age old ‘have you seen our holiday snaps?’ horror that need never show its teeth, made worse by there being no guests, no dinner, no wine, and no end in site.

]]> By: nickev http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-814391 nickev Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:49:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-814391 <p>PC users can simply use <a href="http://www.8hands.com" rel="nofollow">8hands</a> which also has a smart RSS that not only get the pictures into a 'media zone', but also notifies you upon any new comment, or when a friend uploads new photos. real nice.</p> PC users can simply use 8hands which also has a smart RSS that not only get the pictures into a ‘media zone’, but also notifies you upon any new comment, or when a friend uploads new photos. real nice.

]]> By: r mayo http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813641 r mayo Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:10:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813641 <p>An all time low, could anything be more tedious and boring than this?</p> An all time low, could anything be more tedious and boring than this?

]]> By: jen_chan, writer surefirewealth.com http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813450 jen_chan, writer surefirewealth.com Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:49:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813450 <p>FlickrFan has good potentials, but it still lacks in certain aspects. It has a long way to go before it can reach what the regular RSS feeds has reached.</p> FlickrFan has good potentials, but it still lacks in certain aspects. It has a long way to go before it can reach what the regular RSS feeds has reached.

]]> By: BillyWarhol http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813247 BillyWarhol Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:52:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813247 <p>I've always liked FlickrFox in my Sidebar*</p> <p>This sounds similar*</p> <p>;))</p> I’ve always liked FlickrFox in my Sidebar*

This sounds similar*

;))

]]> By: Joseph Pally http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813208 Joseph Pally Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:24:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813208 <p>"subscribe to new content from others is a killer feature and totally changes the game."</p> <p>This killer feature mentioned is a flickr standard. is it playlists? is it members pic list? What exactly is the "killer" here? i do not see anything of significance here other than Dave Winer is a person with a great reputation.</p> <p>Calling such micro-evolutionary steps as revolutionary is a bit like "crying wolf".</p> “subscribe to new content from others is a killer feature and totally changes the game.”

This killer feature mentioned is a flickr standard. is it playlists? is it members pic list? What exactly is the “killer” here? i do not see anything of significance here other than Dave Winer is a person with a great reputation.

Calling such micro-evolutionary steps as revolutionary is a bit like “crying wolf”.

]]> By: Parul Bindra http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813141 Parul Bindra Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:41:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813141 <p>This feature that allows me to not only get my own content on a the TV screen but rather lets me also subscribe to new content from others is a killer feature and totally changes the game. I would like to see the future of how content delivery can work seamlessly and we have a Macintosh handy, we most certainly would want to download the beta. Weel i would recommend this.</p> <p>Parul www.bhopu.com</p> This feature that allows me to not only get my own content on a the TV screen but rather lets me also subscribe to new content from others is a killer feature and totally changes the game. I would like to see the future of how content delivery can work seamlessly and we have a Macintosh handy, we most certainly would want to download the beta. Weel i would recommend this.

Parul
http://www.bhopu.com

]]> By: Joseph Pally http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813140 Joseph Pally Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:41:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-813140 <p>"It is understandable that some might be underwhelmed, but to me it is not the application, but the concept that is more exciting."</p> <p>The application and the concept seem quite underwhelming. What exactly is new here? This has been there since Active Desktop. The "social twist" is just a flickr stream - already rss'ed years back.</p> <p>What was the "working on something new"? How many hours does something like this take to make?</p> <p>Maybe Silicon Valley is really running out of ideas.</p> <p>Not just underwhelmed. Totally over-underwhelmed.</p> “It is understandable that some might be underwhelmed, but to me it is not the application, but the concept that is more exciting.”

The application and the concept seem quite underwhelming. What exactly is new here? This has been there since Active Desktop. The “social twist” is just a flickr stream - already rss’ed years back.

What was the “working on something new”? How many hours does something like this take to make?

Maybe Silicon Valley is really running out of ideas.

Not just underwhelmed. Totally over-underwhelmed.

]]> By: joaquin http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-812679 joaquin Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:23:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/27/introducing-flickrfan/#comment-812679 <p>That's very helpful. Tks for the article.</p> That’s very helpful. Tks for the article.

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