This Flickr mashup stuff is CRAZY! just plain bonkers! I'm probably supposed to be all cool about this stuff, but you can do the most amazing things! the card is neat and all, but there's SO MUCH MORE. wow. just wow.
I also really liked Retrievr, a mashup that helps you find photos on Flickr similar to the one that you've selected, or similar to a sketch you make in the box on the left side of the screen. Retrievr even searches as you draw, so if you pause for a moment your photo selection will change. The colors you use change the the color selection, and the shapes do too. It's really quite amazing, and I have no idea how they do it!
For purely practical purposes, these mashups, and probably just Flickr itself, must really be changing the age-old request at the reference desk: "I need a picture of a [blank]". If a kid needs a picture of a duck for school, here you go... well, as long as you've got a color printer. :)
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