Monthly Archives: October 2012

New Flickr Commons tools – ‘on this day’ & interactive map

I’ve been having a play with some new tools to help people explore the wealth of images that exist on Flickr Commons. The first one is a gallery which allows you to view images from certain dates, and not just … Continue reading

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Weekly twitter digest: 2012-10-12

Like maps & old images? 27,000+ Flickr Commons pics on interactive map http://t.co/cJWfJ051 Let me know what you think # New photo: Map of >27,000 historic images from Flickr Commons: whatsthatpicture posted a photo: In the past … http://t.co/6CZq5cRS # … Continue reading

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Weekly twitter digest: 2012-10-05

Another mainstream article about the Lewis Hine child labour images – http://t.co/5N6bELH3 – nice to see lots of large images not thumbnails # New photo: My great grandmother, Agnes Susan Lilian Casey, 1910s: whatsthatpicture posted a photo: Agnes Sus… http://t.co/VrPFbOvL … Continue reading

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