#6 More Flickr Fun

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 are a sampling of a few …

• Flickr Color Pickr - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color.
• Spell With Flickr – lets you make words with random images of letters (or numbers), as shown above.
• Retrievr– you sketch an image; it finds photos on Flickr that resemble your sketch.
  Discover more mashups, web apps, and Flickr tools.
  

Discovery Exercise
Your discovery exercise for this “thing” is to:

1. 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.

FD’s Flickr Toys has a lot of mashups, including a make your own motivational poster, as shown here. They also offer a Trading Card Maker. And there’s a ton of librarians out there who have created their own Librarian Trading Card. So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps. And if you're up to the challenge while you’re at it, why not create a trading card of your own.

*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), getting you a new application (like Trippermap).