http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/tags/app/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:08:13 -0800 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:08:13 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8271/buddyicons/48600109393@N01.jpg?1369093786#48600109393@N01 http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/tags/app/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4304096089/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4304096089/" title="docent - front page"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2681/4304096089_a58cf95cf5_m.jpg" width="240" height="217" alt="docent - front page" /></a></p> <p>I'd hoped to get a nicer front page onto docent, my little app for watching contact's galleries, and here it is. Hurrah.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:08:13 -0800 2010-01-25T21:08:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4304096089 docent - front page <p>I'd hoped to get a nicer front page onto docent, my little app for watching contact's galleries, and here it is. Hurrah.</p> blech​ screenshot code flickr galleries python app docent meta:exif=none googleappengine http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4293909736/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4293909736/" title="docent - galleries overview"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4061/4293909736_1b28ca169c_m.jpg" width="240" height="217" alt="docent - galleries overview" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://docent.husk.org/" rel="nofollow">docent</a> is a little Google App Engine app I wrote, building on Aaron's <a href="http://github.com/straup/gae-flickrapp" rel="nofollow">FlickrApp</a>, GAE <a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/" rel="nofollow">task queues</a>, and the galleries Atom feeds.<br /> <br /> I love the new galleries feature, but it's hard to tell what galleries there are, let alone when your contacts have added a new gallery. Sign in to docent and it'll fetch all the galleries from all of your contacts.<br /> <br /> At the moment, you can only see your own contacts, and you have to sign in. Also (hem) the background updating isn't quite there and the UI feedback when it's first crawling for contacts isn't up to scratch. Still, feel free to take a look.</p> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:30:28 -0800 2010-01-21T20:30:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4293909736 docent - galleries overview <p><a href="http://docent.husk.org/" rel="nofollow">docent</a> is a little Google App Engine app I wrote, building on Aaron's <a href="http://github.com/straup/gae-flickrapp" rel="nofollow">FlickrApp</a>, GAE <a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/" rel="nofollow">task queues</a>, and the galleries Atom feeds.<br /> <br /> I love the new galleries feature, but it's hard to tell what galleries there are, let alone when your contacts have added a new gallery. Sign in to docent and it'll fetch all the galleries from all of your contacts.<br /> <br /> At the moment, you can only see your own contacts, and you have to sign in. Also (hem) the background updating isn't quite there and the UI feedback when it's first crawling for contacts isn't up to scratch. Still, feel free to take a look.</p> blech​ screenshot code flickr galleries python app docent meta:exif=none googleappengine http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066314/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066314/" title="groupr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2682/4251066314_7614ba36b8_m.jpg" width="240" height="202" alt="groupr" /></a></p> <p>The introduction page. (I need to get out of the habit of writing apps that only work when you're authenticated...)<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/47302/">App Garden</a>, now I've revived it; it's running on a local copy of the AppJet stack. They may have taken the service down when EtherPad took off, but at least they gave you a way to save your work.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:04:02 -0800 2010-01-06T13:04:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4251066314 groupr <p>The introduction page. (I need to get out of the habit of writing apps that only work when you're authenticated...)<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/47302/">App Garden</a>, now I've revived it; it's running on a local copy of the AppJet stack. They may have taken the service down when EtherPad took off, but at least they gave you a way to save your work.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr app groupr meta:exif=none http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066342/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066342/" title="List"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4057/4251066342_aa72008dcc_m.jpg" width="240" height="202" alt="List" /></a></p> <p>The <a href="http://groupr.husk.org/list/" rel="nofollow">groupr list</a> of my Flickr groups, sorted by the number of photos.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/47302/">App Garden</a>, now I've revived it; it's running on a local copy of the AppJet stack. They may have taken the service down when EtherPad took off, but at least they gave you a way to save your work.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:04:02 -0800 2010-01-06T13:04:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4251066342 List <p>The <a href="http://groupr.husk.org/list/" rel="nofollow">groupr list</a> of my Flickr groups, sorted by the number of photos.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/47302/">App Garden</a>, now I've revived it; it's running on a local copy of the AppJet stack. They may have taken the service down when EtherPad took off, but at least they gave you a way to save your work.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr app groupr meta:exif=none http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066344/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066344/" title="Loading"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4027/4251066344_43d79dc3f8_m.jpg" width="240" height="202" alt="Loading" /></a></p> <p>The information pane and loading message on the <a href="http://husk.org/code/machine-tag-browser.html" rel="nofollow">Flickr machine tag browser</a>.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157609564084232/">App Garden</a>.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:04:02 -0800 2010-01-06T13:04:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4251066344 Loading <p>The information pane and loading message on the <a href="http://husk.org/code/machine-tag-browser.html" rel="nofollow">Flickr machine tag browser</a>.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157609564084232/">App Garden</a>.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr app groupr meta:exif=none machinetagbrowser http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066352/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066352/" title="M101"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4046/4251066352_47904f3018_m.jpg" width="240" height="202" alt="M101" /></a></p> <p>Using the Flickr machine tag browser to find photos of the <a name="m101" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/astro:name=m101">M101 spiral galaxy</a> using the astro:name= machine tag.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157609564084232/">App Garden</a>.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:04:02 -0800 2010-01-06T13:04:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4251066352 M101 <p>Using the Flickr machine tag browser to find photos of the <a name="m101" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/astro:name=m101">M101 spiral galaxy</a> using the astro:name= machine tag.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157609564084232/">App Garden</a>.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr app meta:exif=none machinetagbrowser http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066340/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066340/" title="Groups"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/4251066340_042c9db67e_m.jpg" width="240" height="202" alt="Groups" /></a></p> <p>The core of <a href="http://groupr.husk.org/" rel="nofollow">groupr</a>: the group photo pages.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/47302/">App Garden</a>, now I've revived it; it's running on a local copy of the AppJet stack. They may have taken the service down when EtherPad took off, but at least they gave you a way to save your work.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:04:02 -0800 2010-01-06T13:04:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4251066340 Groups <p>The core of <a href="http://groupr.husk.org/" rel="nofollow">groupr</a>: the group photo pages.<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/47302/">App Garden</a>, now I've revived it; it's running on a local copy of the AppJet stack. They may have taken the service down when EtherPad took off, but at least they gave you a way to save your work.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr app groupr meta:exif=none http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066354/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4251066354/" title="Polaroids"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2600/4251066354_b63fdf2f70_m.jpg" width="240" height="202" alt="Polaroids" /></a></p> <p>Using the Flickr machine tag browser to find Polaroid photos. (Slightly cheeky, this one: I'm the only person who uses this tag style, it seems.)<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157609564084232/">App Garden</a>.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:04:02 -0800 2010-01-06T13:04:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4251066354 Polaroids <p>Using the Flickr machine tag browser to find Polaroid photos. (Slightly cheeky, this one: I'm the only person who uses this tag style, it seems.)<br /> <br /> Uploaded for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157609564084232/">App Garden</a>.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr app meta:exif=none machinetagbrowser http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4314113065/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4314113065/" title="Cause"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2700/4314113065_ba07ecfa46_m.jpg" width="240" height="134" alt="Cause" /></a></p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zyrc/">Cris</a> for posting <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157623057785637/">docent</a> on the Flickr blog. It had a notiecable <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4314113069/">effect</a>.<br /> <br /> I've written up the some notes on the app at <a href="http://husk.org/blog/arch/introducing-docent.html" rel="nofollow">my slightly dormant blog</a>, if you're interested. If you're not, I hope to start posting photos again soon.</p> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:35:40 -0800 2010-01-29T22:35:40-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4314113065 Cause <p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zyrc/">Cris</a> for posting <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157623057785637/">docent</a> on the Flickr blog. It had a notiecable <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4314113069/">effect</a>.<br /> <br /> I've written up the some notes on the app at <a href="http://husk.org/blog/arch/introducing-docent.html" rel="nofollow">my slightly dormant blog</a>, if you're interested. If you're not, I hope to start posting photos again soon.</p> blech​ screenshot code flickr galleries python flickrblog app docent meta:exif=none googleappengine http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4314113069/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4314113069/" title="Effect"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4030/4314113069_b5b78f2368_m.jpg" width="240" height="134" alt="Effect" /></a></p> <p>This is the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157623057785637/">docent</a> usage graph from the Google App Engine dashboard at about 5pm GMT on Thursday, just under 24 hours after the app had been featured on the Flickr blog.<br /> <br /> I've written up the some notes on the app at <a href="http://husk.org/blog/arch/introducing-docent.html" rel="nofollow">my slightly dormant blog</a>, if you're interested. If you're not, I hope to start posting photos again soon.</p> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:35:40 -0800 2010-01-29T22:35:40-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4314113069 Effect <p>This is the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157623057785637/">docent</a> usage graph from the Google App Engine dashboard at about 5pm GMT on Thursday, just under 24 hours after the app had been featured on the Flickr blog.<br /> <br /> I've written up the some notes on the app at <a href="http://husk.org/blog/arch/introducing-docent.html" rel="nofollow">my slightly dormant blog</a>, if you're interested. If you're not, I hope to start posting photos again soon.</p> blech​ screenshot code flickr galleries python flickrblog app docent meta:exif=none googleappengine http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4304096085/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4304096085/" title="docent - atom feed"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4039/4304096085_70d0e7accb_m.jpg" width="240" height="217" alt="docent - atom feed" /></a></p> <p>Originally I was going to have docent email you when people added a gallery, but I was talking to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorgeoux/">mirona</a> and she suggested a feed format would be better. So here it is.<br /> <br /> In the background, a Google App Engine task queue fires every few hours and updates galleries for users it hasn't checked recently. It's not guaranteed to be timely, but it should let you know within a day when a contact adds something, which I reckon is good enough.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:08:13 -0800 2010-01-25T21:08:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4304096085 docent - atom feed <p>Originally I was going to have docent email you when people added a gallery, but I was talking to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorgeoux/">mirona</a> and she suggested a feed format would be better. So here it is.<br /> <br /> In the background, a Google App Engine task queue fires every few hours and updates galleries for users it hasn't checked recently. It's not guaranteed to be timely, but it should let you know within a day when a contact adds something, which I reckon is good enough.</p> blech​ screenshot code flickr galleries python app docent meta:exif=none googleappengine http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4293909640/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/4293909640/" title="docent-front"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2685/4293909640_9ea76abf42_m.jpg" width="240" height="217" alt="docent-front" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://docent.husk.org/" rel="nofollow">docent</a> is a little Google App Engine app I wrote.<br /> <br /> I love the new galleries feature, but it's hard to tell what galleries there are, let alone when your contacts have added a new gallery. Sign in to docent and it'll fetch all the galleries from all of your contacts.<br /> <br /> This is the signed-out front page, which, er, needs some work. But hey, release early, release often, right?</p> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:30:28 -0800 2010-01-21T20:30:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4293909640 docent-front <p><a href="http://docent.husk.org/" rel="nofollow">docent</a> is a little Google App Engine app I wrote.<br /> <br /> I love the new galleries feature, but it's hard to tell what galleries there are, let alone when your contacts have added a new gallery. Sign in to docent and it'll fetch all the galleries from all of your contacts.<br /> <br /> This is the signed-out front page, which, er, needs some work. But hey, release early, release often, right?</p> blech​ screenshot code flickr galleries python app docent meta:exif=none googleappengine http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/3899450347/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/3899450347/" title="Backwards"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2638/3899450347_dfba157752_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Backwards" /></a></p> <p>Beats me.<br /> How am I meant to follow things then?<br /> Yes. Compare the above shot to the discussion on the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mykreeve/3894813552/">web page</a> (and even the <a href="http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mykreeve/3894813552/" rel="nofollow">mobile version.</a><br /> What?<br /> For some reason, the official Flickr iPhone app has its comments backwards.</p> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:29:01 -0700 2009-09-08T12:29:01-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3899450347 Backwards <p>Beats me.<br /> How am I meant to follow things then?<br /> Yes. Compare the above shot to the discussion on the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mykreeve/3894813552/">web page</a> (and even the <a href="http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mykreeve/3894813552/" rel="nofollow">mobile version.</a><br /> What?<br /> For some reason, the official Flickr iPhone app has its comments backwards.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr ui interface wrong comments app jeopardy iphone topposting meta:exif=none http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/3900209288/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/3900209288/" title="Tags"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2426/3900209288_ea67d643ca_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Tags" /></a></p> <p>The official Flickr iPhone app doesn't conceal machine tags. Odd.<br /> <br /> (Edit) Oh, they're also in alphabetical order. On the website, they're in date-added order. I much prefer things to keep input order, personally, so another minor black mark.</p> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:16:05 -0700 2009-09-08T12:16:05-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3900209288 Tags <p>The official Flickr iPhone app doesn't conceal machine tags. Odd.<br /> <br /> (Edit) Oh, they're also in alphabetical order. On the website, they're in date-added order. I much prefer things to keep input order, personally, so another minor black mark.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr ui interface app iphone machinetag meta:exif=none http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/3899429139/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blech/">blech​</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blech/3899429139/" title="Recent"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2477/3899429139_8306a45b24_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Recent" /></a></p> <p>Recent uploads from contacts on the official Flickr iPhone app are grouped by day. Hmm.</p> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:17:13 -0700 2009-09-08T12:17:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (blech​) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3899429139 Recent <p>Recent uploads from contacts on the official Flickr iPhone app are grouped by day. Hmm.</p> blech​ screenshot flickr ui interface date app grouping iphone meta:exif=none