Here’s a delightful little app that you might like. I’ve been using it for the last year or so to rediscover old snaps. Flickr users that sign up to Photojojo’s time capsule are sent a fortnightly selection of their snaps from 12-months ago. It’s such a simple idea that is absolutely delightful.
Thursday afternoon saw the Speed crew spread head to the corners of Covent Garden tasked with a series of challenges that would have made Sir Alan Sugar proud. Thanks to Sophie and her team for organising the tasks and taking charge in the boardroom. Here are the highlights.
My local NCJ Media hyperlocal web site has run the Cheviot sunset image that I snapped on Monday after I posted it to its Flickr group.
Your Place is a series of 22 local websites bringing localised news to every town and village in Northumberland.
Donate to the rescue effort via the Disasters Emergency Committee Earthquake appeal.
Image via the United Nations Development Programme
Check out this Flickr filter for on-the-ground images from Haiti following the recent earthquake. There’s also a Flickr group. And then consider donating to the relief effort via the Disasters Emergency Committee.
With the UK gripped by arctic conditions last week there was an almost blanket appeal by almost media outlets for photos and videos.
Yet a visit to Flickr or YouTube would provide any researcher or journalist with a stream of Creative Commons output tagged by location that could be incorporated within their news reporting.
But to date mainstream media has made limited use of social network as a newsgathering source.
One exception is Trinity Mirror owned ncjMedia which has created a Flickr group that it uses as a source of reader images for The Journal’s Your Place Northumberland project.
So why doesn’t mainstream media make greater use of Flickr and YouTube for newsgathering?
Ged Carroll suggested to me over the weekend that mainstream media sourced user generated content (UGC) direct as it was a means of engaging directly with its audience.
Craig McGill said that he thought that mainstream media didn’t make greater use of UGC social networks as it is reluctant to credit third part sources – and that understanding of Creating Commons was limited.
Econsultancy’s Innovation Report is a cracking document packed with more than 60 case study examples of innovation from almost every corner of the web.
The report celebrates every aspect of the digital supply chain from affiliate marketing to web analytics. The report should be required reading for anyone working in the digital sector.
Here are some examples that I particularly liked.
- eBags: a planning project by Silverpop to send out emails personally timed to generate best return. Conversation rates up 65 per cent
- Idée image search: search for Creative Commons images posted on Flickr by colour palate
- Innocent AGM promoted via Twitter: an excellent case study for the commercial use of Twitter as a communication channel
- Kiva: microfinance venture capitalist matching finance in $25 chunks to entrepreneurs in the developing world
- Nearest tube application: can I have an iPhone 3GS for Christmas please so that I can tinker with this augmented reality tube finder application from acrossair?
- The Rubicon Project: an ad network that optimises web inventory for publishers and claims revenue improvements of 30 to 300 per cent
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There’s an incredible full moon tonight.
I took this shot at 8pm using a Canon EOS 450D with a 70 – 300mm lens. Check out the Flickr meta page for the technical data.
Inconstant Moon is a great site for moon data and information.
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The Internet enables individuals to unite around a shared issue or cause, small or large, in an incredibly efficient way.
Flickr-user Helen Flynn and I have both purchased rugged CAT suitcases that have failed. Helen found my Flickr post after searching for CAT’s online customer support.
My case was replaced quickly when I posted an image on Flickr and contacted the retailer Excess Baggage. Hopefully Helen’s also be replaced now that we’ve shared our experiences.
Two lessons:
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Here’s a panoramic shot of Antony Gormley‘s One and Other project round the corner from the Speed office in Trafalgar Square. What really struck me is how the plinth and its occupant are dwarfed by its surroundings and the other statues in the square.
Flickr: One and Other, Trafalgar Square, London (left of shot)
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