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Outline

• What is Flickr ?• History of Flickr• How to create an account• Uploading a picture• Examples from Flickr• Survey • Sources

What is Flickr ?

• Definition• Comments• Editing

Definition

• Flickr is an image hosting and video website, web services suite, and online community.

• Share and embed personal photographs

Comments

• Photos can be commented on, so people can drop by and leave remarks about your photographs.

• Connect with friends and family

• Join groups

Editing

Let you make a wide range of edits without the need of software on your computer.

History of Flickr

• When it started ?• By whom ?

When it started ?

Launched in February 2004 On May 16, 2006, Flickr updated its services.

By whom ?

Ludicorp, a Vancouver-based company founded by Stewart Butterfield and Caterina.

How to create an account

• What is required ?• Steps of creating an accoun

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What is required ?

• Personal information• ID & password• Yahoo account• Facebook account (in case

you want t connect it with Flickr)

Steps of creating an account

• Create a Yahoo account ( in case you don’t have one)

• Open: www.flickr.com• Click Create new account in Flickr• Choose screen name• Fill in the required personal

information• Click on “Create My Account”

Uploading a picture

• Video

Examples from Flickr

• H Al Falasi’s account• Elegant’s account

H Al Falasi’s accounte

Elegant’s accounte

http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgirl/

Survey Results

Do you know Flickr ? Do you have a Flickr account ?

Do you think you have to be a photographer to have a

Flickr account ?

Do you like Flickr ?0%

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Yes No

Sources

• About Flickr. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2011, from Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/about/

• Browning, J. (n.d.). Open A Flickr Account. Retrieved November 15, 2011, from wikiHow.: http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Flickr-Account

• History of Flickr. (n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2011, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr#History

• What is Flickr? (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2011, from SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/kindofdigital/what-is-flickr

• YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2011, from How to Upload Photos to Flickr : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wGNHDntr0g