{"id":607,"date":"2007-04-04T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kev.deadsquid.com\/?p=607"},"modified":"2007-04-04T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-04T20:19:00","slug":"flickr-for-newbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kev.needham.ca\/index.php\/2007\/04\/04\/flickr-for-newbies\/","title":{"rendered":"flickr for newbies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I use flickr<\/a> to host pretty much all of my recent photos<\/a>*. It’s decently priced, feature-rich, and has a great community, with people from all over the place interacting, encouraging, and helping each other out. Ottawa’s got a smallish but active core of users, and we’re having our first meet-up at the end of this month. I’m a big fan of everything about it.<\/p>\n

That said, it took me a looooooong time to figure out how a number of features worked (my favorite poorly-known feature is the guest pass<\/a>, which allows you to share protected pictures with friends and family without needing a uname\/password). There’s a lot you can do, and it’s not always intuitive. Thankfully, there’s a good read that’ll help you get started.<\/p>\n

Someone took the time to write a Newbie’s Guide to flickr<\/a>, and it is highly<\/em> recommended for people getting started out with the service. The only thing the article doesn’t mention (and probably should) is that the FAQ<\/a> is a great source of information (this means “read it”), and that with a little search-fu the forums<\/a> and the people posting in them are crazy-helpful. It’s a great place to start before you even upload a pic. Check it out.<\/p>\n

* – I still have a tonne over on gallery<\/a>, but the lack of effective spam controls, huge influx of comment spam lately, and impending server upgrade means it’s not long for this world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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