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Caterina Fake: Flickr Co-Founder Opens Up On Her Tricky Name, Dante Scholars

Fast Company | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Viral Loops, Flickr Fake, Caterina Fake Interview, Caterina Fake, Flickr.com, Flick Co-Founder, Flickr, Home News

In 2002, Caterina Fake (her real name) was developing a video game with her husband, Stewart Butterfield, when they decided to drop photos into instan...

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Flickr's Caterina Fake: 'Hard Work' Can Be Detrimental

Fast Company | Cliff Kuang | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Efficiency, Neuroscience, Daydreaming, Watson and Crick, Caterina Fake, Economy, Four-Hour Work Week, Facebook, Entrepreneurship, Time Wasters, Hard Work, Flickr, Business News

Caterina Fake, who, with her husband Stewart Butterfield, founded Flickr, knows a thing or two about bliztkreig work schedules. But she points out tha...

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Lots of Content Is Good for Democracy

Charles Warner | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Flickr, Twitter, Bloggers, The Lost Art of Political Argument, Chris Lasch, The Lost Symbol, Youtube, Democracy, Facebook, Journalism, Dan Brown, Media News
Charles Warner

The Internet's explosive growth has led to such a proliferation of content that it is now virtually infinite. To say that "content is king" in today's world is like saying "a grain of sand is precious."

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Reading The Pictures: Teabaggers' Subliminal Death Message

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/12 March, Flickr, Wingnuts, 9/12 Demonstration, Obama, Anti-Obama Demonstations, Radical Right, Government, Obamacare, Right Wingers, 9/12 Washington D.C., Death to Obama, Ninetwelvephotos, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2009-09-15-shawpic.jpgThe wingnuts don't consistently merge health care reform with Obama's name just because it's catchy.

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China, Iran: World Leaders in Blocking the Internet

Thomas Crampton | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Herdict, Social Media, Twitter, Youtube, Internet Blockage, Mexico, Iran, Facebook, China, Flickr, China Censorship, Media News
Thomas Crampton

Iran and China stand out in the reported number of blockages of Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube.

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Narcissism, Key Ingredient in Success of Social Media

Val Brown | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Flickr, My Space, The Onion, Social Networks, Social Networking, Narcisissism, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Addiction & Recovery, Media News
Val Brown

We hear more about the new paradigm in human communication that social media has spawned than about the real driver in the phenomenal growth of these sites: basic human narcissism.

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Capture The Recession: Everything On Sale (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky/Margo Irvin | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Photos That Capture the Recession, Recession Photo Contest, Slidepoll, Foreclosure, Recession Photos, Dispatches From the Displaced, Photo Contest, Recession, Flickr, Ee, 2009's Most Punishing Heels, Capture the Recession, Business News

What does the recession look like to you? Tough times can inspire lasting images, and the HuffPost's Eyes & Ears is compiling a photo album of our re...

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Capture The Recession -- Photo Gallery (VOTE)

Posted 08.14.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Slidepoll, Foreclosure, Recession Photos, Dispatches From the Displaced, Photo Contest, Recession, Flickr, Ee, Photos That Capture the Recession, Recession Photo Contest, Photos Recssion, Capture the Recession, Eyes & Ears News

What does the recession look like to you? The HuffPost's Eyes & Ears is collecting and showcasing your recession photos. We've asked readers to submi...

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Photographers Wanted on High (Line)

Susan Sawyers | Posted 08.05.2009 | Living

Read More: James Corner, Friends of the High Line, Meatpacking District, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Outdoors New York City, Flickr, Meadow, New York City, Urban Oasis, Piet-Oudolf, The High Line, Living News
Susan Sawyers

Built on an abandoned train trestle that had become a trashed out urban eyesore, the unconventional green space, lush with wildflowers and happy urbanites, is an elevated park that won't let you down.

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Google's Android to Run on Acer Netbooks

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Conan O'Brien, Bing, Twitter, Android, Operating System, Chinese Government, Mediabytes, App Store, Jimmy Fallon, Shelly Palmer, Notebooks, Youtube, Media News, Verizon Wireless, Hotmail, Jay Leno, The Tonight Show, China, Acer, Flickr, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Acer is set to be the first PC manufacturer to package its netbooks with Google's Android operating system. One of the finest selling points about Google's OS is that its free.

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Cloud Computing Safety: Understanding The Risks

BusinessWeek | Stephen H. Wildstrom | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Google Docs Safety, Safety of Cloud Computing, Safety Google Docs Flickr, Flickr Safety, Cloud Computing, Flickr Google Docs Safety, Cloud Computing Safety, Flickr, Business News

All the data that make up our lives seem to be heading for the clouds. From photos on Flickr (YHOO) to memos on Google Docs, we are entrusting more an...

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This Wasn't a Landing, This Was a Die Hard Movie

Bob Harris | Posted 01.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Die Hard, Us Airways Hudson River, Flickr, Hero Pilot, Not Dying in a Horrible Sudden Screaming Ball of Flame Panic and Peanuts, US Airways Plane Crashes, US Airways, US Airways Crash, Heroism, Hudson River Plane Crash, Flight 1549, Google Maps, Chesley Sullenberger, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, Home News
Bob Harris

If Chesley Sullenberger is being interviewed, and Alan Rickman suddenly shoots up out of the water, trying to take one last shot before he finally dies... don't say you weren't warned.

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The Anatomy of a Protest in 2009

Jillian York | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza Israel, Twitter, Anti-Israel Protests, Gaza, Protest, Anti-War Protests, Hamas, Israel Gaza, Facebook, Israel, Flickr, World News
Jillian York

In today's world, live and online activism go hand in hand. Without the use of Facebook or Twitter, I wouldn't have heard about the protests. Without the Internet, I wouldn't have known much about the Gaza conflict.

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Facebook's Face Plant: The Poverty of Social Networks and the Death of Web 2.0

Peter Schwartz | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, Social Networking, Facebook, Amazon, Internet, Flickr, Media News
Peter Schwartz

Web 2.0 will die. The universal social networks that are its public face cannot survive because they cannot propagate a sustainable user base willing to pay for its services.

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Social Media Must-Haves for the Recently Laid Off

Susan Mernit | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Linkedin, Twitter, Social Networking, New Media, Technology, Facebook, Wordpress, Flickr, Media News
Susan Mernit

I'd like to share some tips for surviving and going on to your next thing, assuming you're someone who gets the ax.

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Antisocial Web Marketing: Why McCain Is Losing

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, Social Media, John McCain, Twitter, Social Networking, Internet Strategy, barackobama.com, Youtube, Websites, johnmccain.com, Facebook, Flickr, Ellen Degeneres, Media News
Andrew Cherwenka

The McCain web strategists are combining an outdated strategy of tight control with a woeful neglect of Web 2.0 tools.

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Everyone Else Is Taller, Better-Looking, Smarter, Cooler, and Has a Better Backhand

Ann Handley | Posted 07.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Linkedin, Internet, Social Media, Flickr, Social Networks, Online Profile, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Insecurities, Technology, Facebook, Google, Feedburner, Happiness, Technorati, Plurk, Taylor Mali, Living News
Ann Handley

When you are prone to measuring yourself against others, like I am, and when you both work and live out chunks of your life online, as I do, the Inter...

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Photography Undergoes a Sex Change: The Art Of Tom Chambers

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Photoshop Art, Tom Chambers, The Inner Life, Photoshop Photography, Painting, Loretta Lux, Van Cleef Jewelry, Fantasy, Flickr, Henri Cartier Bresson, Kimberly Brooks, Andrew Wyeth, Living News
Kimberly Brooks

Over the last ten years, the art of photography has undergone a sex change. The rather masculine act of capturing or "shooting" a moment ("the hunt")...

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Flickr Founder To Leave Yahoo

Valleywag | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Jobs, Yahoo, Flickr, Stewart Butterfield, Business News

At least one key Yahoo executive was unswayed by Friday's revival meeting featuring Steve Jobs: Stewart Butterfield, the founder and general manager o...

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Misuse Of Flickr Photographs Increases

New York Times | Noam Cohen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Flickr Misuse, Flickr, Flickr Lawsuits, Media News

This is no "star is born" story for the digital age, though at first it may seem like one. One moment, Alison Chang, a 15-year-old student from Dalla...

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