#6 Flickr fun, mashups, and 3rd party sites

Like many web 2.0 sites, Flickr has encouraged other people to build their own online 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 is just a sampling of a few …

• Mappr - takes Flickr images and allows you to paste them on a map
• Flickr Color Pickr - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.
• Montagr – create a photo mosaics from photos found on Flickr
• Discover more mashups, web apps, and Flickr tools.
• Poster Maker with inspiration sayings (add in any picture and saying) http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php

Discovery Exercise:

1. Your discovery exercise for this “thing” is to 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. You might want to check out BigHugeLabs’ Trading Card Maker. And there’s a ton of librarians out there that have created their own Librarian Trading Card. So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps. If you are up to the challenge while you’re at it, create a trading card of your own. :) or a movie poster or magazine cover from this Flickr site.* 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) In this example, you get Mappr (http://mappr.com)

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