Right, this is just what you need
I am much a fan of Flickr. Most of you aren’t. So unless you are in the mind to read through a random take on a subject you don’t like, ignore this post. – There, we’re done with the disclaimers. And have lost half our audience. Am I good or am I good?
As I was saying, I am a fan of Flickr. Been on that little nifty photo-sharing tool for like eons. To wit, 3 long years. Along the way, I’ve seen my photography improve a whale of lot (yup, whale of a lot), made some real good friends, been inspired, been jealous, been happy, been incredibly active.
So, it was with a little bit of trepidation I read of the changes due on Flickr.
But.
But.
Being the geeky cool people they are, the Flickr team’s done a great job on the redesign. First off, the redesigned pages look uber cool and simple. (Aside: While I agree with Kingsley that simplicity is usually boring, here they make a whale of a difference)
Point #1 – The menu system – the old format has been thrown out of the window and a new one put in place – a simple drop down menu structure that makes navigation super easy.
I took to the changes really quickly. And I am usually dumb about these things. So they, Flickr, win, in my book atleast.
Point #2 – Number of photos – Earlier, the first page of your flickr account had just one column of photos. This made the whole page longer than it needed to be and made scrolling difficult and all that. Also, lesser photos per page meant more pages to accommodate all your photos. This new page structure reduces the number of pages on your flickr account, makes photos more accessible and (perhaps this is just me….) more hits on each of your photos.
Point #3 – Footer. Much much better footer. Much much more easy to use. Score 20 on this Flickr folks.
Point #4 – This also coincides with a redesign of Yahoo itself.
Point #5 – Change is good.
Point #6 – They called it the Gamma release. LOL! Too fucking clever. Love it.
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Totally Incompeten
t.
Yes, that’s me.
Totally incompetent. I am much like the Ditzy Ghaati women in Megha’s post here. DGW #2 – who didn’t know Asha was married to RDB.
Or better (or worse, depending on how you see it) like the Welsh Choir people who were the only entrants in a competition, and managed to come second. (Copywriters and ad-folks: Yes, I internalised this from a classic Neil French ad. You have an issue with it?)
There I sat this morning, in front of the computer. Waiting for that all too rare inspiration to strike me – to write a post that was opinionated, strongly worded and one that would get Pastrami’s approval.
Nope.
Nada.
Nyet.
Nahin.
So incompetent I am, in fact, even failure eludes me. I am unable to fail at succeeding, am unable to succeed at failure. In short, I fail at being an abject failure.
I am so incompetent that I set off writing a flame-baiting post. And ended up with this. Heck, I still don’t know what flame-baiting means. Still, I am writing it. My blog, and I even, can be classified as total washouts. Even Nilu wouldn’t grace me with a puke. That’s how bad I am.
My only solace – I do happen to have some company.
India underperforming
Perhaps, I am not taking myself seriously enough. Perhaps, my work is only 40% satisfactory. Perhaps I need to blog more. How else do you explain India’s pathetic showing
OTA – Weekend Trackbacks.
I’m off – to the beach I go.
But here’s the OTA folk,
with their trackbacks and ego
Samantha Burns: OTA - Open Thread – Weekend | Committees of Correspondence: Could America, Really Be The Lost Tribe of Israel? | AbbaGav: The Newlywed Game—Arabian Nights | Planck’s Constant: Video Blogging getting there | 123beta: Enriched Uranium Found in Iran | Point Five: Join The Victory Wing Of The Republican Party!
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And books. A funny old guy in Vallimalai, not far from Kanceepuram/Ranipettai in Tamilnadu
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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan is a copywriter, photographer and goofball from Chennai. He is also an archaeologist, historian and a city lover. He is currently a documentary film-maker and desk-monkey for a film production house.
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