#10 & #11 Flicking the switch....

Flickr, it has to be said, is quite amazing. It is a vast resource of photos on just about any topic. I like the fact it can be used as a tool by individuals or groups of people as a storage (wouldn't use it as a primary storage place....technology is just too fickle) or sharing space. There is a lot of control with this product. The idea of sticking all my photos on the web for all and sundry to use and abuse as they see fit does not apeal, but the ability to place copyright statements alleviates this somewhat. Libraries can make use of this technology, they already do, Picture Australia and the SLV treasures site was all about the masses uploading their photos. The other stuff in this exercise was a whole lot of fun. Very silly really, but some of the 'toys' can be useful in design. I love the 'make your own magazine' thing and the colour selector is very groovy. It does astound me that all this technology is now available over the internet. These things were often do-able in software packages, but the introduction of broadband has allowed the shunting of larger files over the net and thus all these crazy applications. I did spend rather too much time playing with these! The warholizer was pretty hillarious also!!!

This is a great shot of the library from Flickr called 'Library' by The Lab. It almost looks olde worlde, very beautiful.