inCommunicado - eric eggertson

Every time I try out another third-party tool to view my Flickr photos, the creative options out there reinforces the cool factor in the Flickr brand.
But it’s not just my photos I can play around with. All public photos on Flickr are available for anyone to view and sort.

Kevin Dugan pointed me to a site […]

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  How to cross the street in Brooklyn    Originally uploaded by gillicious.
You stay subscribed to some blogs just because you like to be surprised by whatever the person might do.
I came across Gillian Gunson on Flickr, and have subscribed to her blog Gillianic Tendencies for a year now.  Lots of […]

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Update:  At the request of the Flickr member whose illegitimate use of others’ photos prompted this story, I’ve deleted his name from this post.  (He asked nicely.)
A short blog post by Vancouver web developer and photographer Kris Krug caught my eye back in February. He accused a fellow Flickr user [name deleted] of claiming credit […]

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The CBC logo carved in the tindalstone of the CBC building bears a resemblance to the fossil embedded in the stone.

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  kk Naked on top of the freaking Great Wall of China    Originally uploaded by Robert Scales.
Vancouver web geek and photographer Kris Krug tries out a new kind of Naked Conversation, on the Great Wall of China.  I’m sure there are rules about this sort of thing.  Something about using […]

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  Goth Kid with Contacts, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan    Originally uploaded by LeeLeFever_TwinF.
Late last year, social media consultant Lee Lefever and new (last year, anyway) wife Sachi dropped everything and took off on a trip around the world.
They left Japan recently, and are in Thailand.
Check out their experiences on The World […]

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When warm weather hits, the quiet bike path that runs past our yard turns into a major social/fitness thoroughfare.
To get this photo, I didn’t even have to leave the kitchen. The dappled water from the house construction next door makes this reflected image of a rollerblader look like it’s on a weathered billboard, starting […]

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  DM Gallery    Originally uploaded by Thomas Hawk.
Thomas Hawk (psyeodonym of a San Fransisco investment guy) is the most consistently interesting photographer I keep track of on the Flickr photo sharing site.
His eye for colour, composition and compelling subjects is amazing.  If I didn’t have confirmation from other sources that […]

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Skyline Solitude - The people were supposed to be silhouettes, framing the skyline, but then the sun burst through the side windows of the SeaBus.

Coal Harbour Blues - an inadvertent colour treatment created a very cool effect. I had the camera set for an incandescent light source, then forgot to switch settings when I went […]

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  Disappearing Wall Mural    Originally uploaded by Mutually Inclusive.
During a recent (short) trip to Vancouver, I had commuting time available for photography. Here are some shots between Chesterfield and 7th Street in North Vancouver, and Robson Square downtown.
In Flickr, you can look at a photographer’s photostream, or you can view […]

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A knowledge management community of practice that got punted by its online landlord, Yahoo Groups, successfully lobbied to get the information sharing group reinstated on Yahoo’s servers.

The fact the group has been active since 1999 and has
1,569 members didn’t slow Yahoo down when it got wind of possible
trademark infringements.
Moral of the story: When you build […]

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