Flickr’s growth, and Web UI
“Boosman makes the point”:http://www.boosman.com/blog/archives/2005/04/webshots_vs_fli.html that Yahoo bought “Flickr”:http://www.flickr.com for their growth rate, not for their current user base. Interesting point.
I’m using Flickr over “smugmug”:http://www.smugmug.com mostly because of the very same buzz and community potential, though I must admit that thus far, I would probably benefit more from the integrated printing and extra storage space over at smugmug.
The community is just really jazzed about the “FlickrAPI”:http://www.flickr.com/services, though. Just try finding a smugmug plugin for “wordpress”:http://www.wordpress.com!
Finally, I’ve been playing with “BaseCamp”:http://www.basecamphq.com and “Ta-Da Lists”:http://tadalist.com lately. The “37 Signals folks”:http://www.37signals.com have got web design just right. Imagine if Flickr had this sort of interface!
And thanks to “Josh”:http://joshp.typepad.com for getting me really curious about their next site: “backpackit.com”:http://www.backpackit.com.