Back to Flickr 

By David Roessli

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I never left Flickr, even if my activity there slowed down to a crawl sometimes.

I remember wondering what I would use it for when I joined back in 2005, and started uploading my cameraphone pictures. Then, slowly organising my photos in albums, and enjoying the geotagging and permission features. The concept of family, friends, or all (or none) fits my use case well.

I enjoy discovering pictures taken with a certain hardware, camera or lense. I remember listening to Cal Hendersen at “The Future of Web Apps” in 2006 explain it inception. I’ve always loved Flickr.

Numerous photo sharing services were launched since, most notably Google+ (now defunct), Facebook or Instagram, to name but a few, all of which thrive on mobile. Sadly, Flickr missed that crossing, lagging behind.

SmugMug acquired Flickr in 2018 and is now owned by an actual photography company run by real photographers. In the meantime, Instagram was acquired by Facebook and turned into the ad-driven, algorithmic feed, bot-ridden, narcissic, fake-account service it is now.

I have a love-hate relationship with Instagram. It remains the place where I connect with a happy friendly community, but I’ve significantly slowed down my posts. So maybe it’s time to embrace my Flickr account again. We’ll see were it goes, but I’m regularly uploading photos I would have shared on Instagram before.

Just to say I’m happy to be back.

Recent Logs — or the next 10 entries

Well, they might not be all that recent. You'll find the older entries in the archives.

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    I received my first COVID vaccination shot last Saturday, on April 24th 2021.

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  • Worryso.me
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    I’ve just discovered a brilliant new subscription service thanks to my good friend @Malarkey : worryso.me.

  • Happy birthday Mac OS X
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    Today is the 20th anniversary of the launch of Mac OS X

  • Music is magic
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    The renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma gives an impromptu performance in a vaccine waiting room in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, after having just received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

  • Dear Mathias
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    Twenty-two years ago, I was in the clouds, walking 1m above the ground, with a wide smile on my face, and couldn’t stop looking at you.

  • Steve Jobs Stories
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    The Computer History Museum hosted a conversation entitled “Steve Jobs Stories” on Clubhouse the day before what would have been his 66th birthday on Feb, 23rd 2021.

  • I ♥ publicité - really?
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    I received a strange letter signed by Michael Nägele and Andreas Urben of the Swiss Post last week, containing a pack of stickers “I ❤️ advertising” or “Feed me with advertising” in an effort to motivate people to remove their “No advertising please” notice from their letter boxes.

  • Twenty Years Smiling
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    Wow. I’m having a bit of a hard time believing you are twenty today, but on the other hand, it feels so natural. I’m so proud of the radiant young woman you have become.

  • Pinboard reaches out to its oldest users
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Recent Links — Pinboard

I've been using Pinboard (and del.icio.us before that) on and off to save my links ever since 2005. Here are the latest links I saved. You'll find all the others on Pinboard.

  • A Modern CSS Reset

    A reset of sensible defaults by Andy Bell

    Tagged with: css / reset / webdev
  • The Alternative CSS principle  |  Stuff & Nonsense

    Let’s face it, unless you develop a complex product—and even if you do—you probably don’t need half the humungous hunk of CSS you bung at a browser. In fact, it’s possible you only need one default and one alternative style for every element.

    Tagged with: css / design
  • imageengine.io

    Accelerate Your Website With An Image-Optimizing CDN

    Tagged with: image / responsive / performance
  • COVAX Facility

    Gavi is co-leading COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. This involves coordinating the COVAX Facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

    Tagged with: covid-19 / vaccine / socialequity
  • The Healing Power of JavaScript | WIRED

    Code is therapy.

    Tagged with: code / life / programming
  • Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine - Articles

    Taking a character-by-character look at the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine.

    Tagged with: vaccine / dna / rna / covid-19

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Cambodia — via Bangkok and the Gulf of Thailand / 2019

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So, we are off to South East Asia again. This might be the last time (or not) Emma comes with us. Mathias is off to Myanmar solo, and to Indonesia with Célia this Summer, so we decided to explore Cambodia, eventhough it’s the wet season.