At the Com.vention
I am currently at the Com.vention at Airport City. It’s Israel’s largest Internet convention. I am twittering here and there…at least until my battery dies or hopefully I can find an outlet.
Library of Congress uploads thousands of photos to Flickr
Photo on Flickr.
The Library of Congress has uploaded over 3000 photos from their archives to Flickr.
From the Library of Congress blog:
The project is beginning somewhat modestly, but we hope to learn a lot from it. Out of some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos from two of our most popular collections are being made available on our new Flickr page, to include only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist.
The real magic comes when the power of the Flickr community takes over. We want people to tag, comment and make notes on the images, just like any other Flickr photo, which will benefit not only the community but also the collections themselves. For instance, many photos are missing key caption information such as where the photo was taken and who is pictured. If such information is collected via Flickr members, it can potentially enhance the quality of the bibliographic records for the images.
Photo on Flickr.
Being the Jew that I am, I immediately searched for “Jew” and came upon several interesting photos. This photo I believe to mostly likely be a tashlich ceremony on the Brooklyn Bridge.
You see people? Not all of Web 2.0 is a waste of time. We can collaborate together to wonderful things.
Sunday linkage and commentary.
Daniel Barenboim takes Palestinian citizenship
When can we expect him to give up his Israeli citizenship?
Techcrunch announces second Israel Web Tour 2.0
It only took 16 comments before someone mentioned Apartheid.
Bush calls for an end to the occupation and states support for a Palestinian homeland.
And everyone tells me my support of Obama is misguided.
Religious Jews can’t vote in Nevada Caucus.
Giuliani is in real trouble now.
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