Flickr and free speech…

The internet isn’t a stranger to issues on free speech – in fact, far from it. Personally, I see the web as a bastion when it comes to expressing opinion in an open forum and I’m not alone. However, not everyone sees it that way and the most recent clash that caught my eye is [...]


Sam Chimes, August 25th, 2009
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Passions connect

As social media gets bigger and noisier, filled with conversations from all demographics and countries, our natural instinct is to retreat to ever more specialised and granular communities. The best social platforms make us feel that we belong, and the easiest way to achieve that is to connect through a shared passion. This is why [...]


Molly Flatt, May 27th, 2009
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A solar system worth of images

I stumbled across Tag Galaxy a week-or-so ago and it is still stealing minutes from my day with alarming regularity. Essentially a search engine for Flickr, Tag Galaxy’s prowess is its simplicity and visual grace. Enter a search term and it becomes a sun at the centre of a solar system with associated tags orbiting [...]


Sam Chimes, March 30th, 2009
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