hello.

Flickr API: Why?What?Where?How?

raison d'être (why)

People (a lot) take photos

and tag

and geotag

and comment and fav...

4.3 beeeellion photos uploads

... and share

145 million photos geotagged

approx.160 API methods

Simon circa February 2007

Simon circa June 2007

November 2003 - Flickr is an idea

January 2004 - GNE codebase hacked

February 2004 - Flickr released at O’Reilly’s

November 2004 - Flickr API goes open

March 2005 - Flickr purchased by Yahoo!

August 2005 - Interestingness released

May 2004 - tags & notes released

May 2007 - Flickr Gamma released

January 2007 - Machine tags released

April 2008 - code.flickr launchedApril 2008 - video released

October 2008 - activity stream releasedNovember 2007 - Places released

March 2009 - stats released

June 2009 - Flickr2Twitter released

October 2009 - App Garden launchedOctober 2009 - People in Photos released

some stuff we like (what)

Realz

flickr.panda.getList

flickr.panda.getPhotos

Radial searches & Shapefiles

http://code.flickr.com/blog/tag/shapefiles/

Geo API Explorer

Flickr2Twitter

Galleriesflickr.galleries.addPhoto

flickr.galleries.getList

flickr.galleries.getListForPhoto

People in Photos

flickr.photos.people.add

flickr.photos.people.delete

flickr.photos.people.getList

flickr.photos.people.editCoords

Not so sekret garden (how)

http://www.flickr.com/jobs

http://www.flickr.com/groups/api/http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/yws-flickr/

jonguyen@yahoo-inc.com

The Rainbow Vomiting Pandas Of Interestingness - The SearcherEveryone taking photos - Ju_xxDay One Hundred Twenty Nine - Dustin DiazThe Secret Garden - bonksie61you are a beautiful flower - mrothUntitled Destination #1181672853 - straupEdge of the Earth - Zack Schnepf

thanks!