http://www.earthalbum.com/about thoughts on building earthalbum.com Thu, 07 May 2009 01:23:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just added a cooliris edition of earthalbum at www.earthalbum.com/cooliris. Cooliris is a flash plug-in that "transforms your browser into a lightning fast, cinematic way to enjoy photos from the Web." Technically, this was constructed on the same basic backbone as the original earthalbum site; the one difference is it does ... http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=49 Ever see that movie "Jumper"? I didn't think it was the worst movie in the world; it had a 16% TomatoMeter reading on Rotten Tomatoes, which still put it miles ahead of Catwoman and Babylon A.D. In any case, the premise is neat-- the movie focuses on a group of gifted ... http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=48 I just found the flickgroup "I ate this". Combined with earthalbum, you can browse foods from around the world-- big fun if you're a foodie like me! Take a look: http://www.earthalbum.com/flickrgroup/i_ate_this http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=47 I'm happy that we just made the front page of digg, but I'm sad to say that the site was somewhat unprepared for the absolutely crazy massive spike in volume. Still, thanks to all who visited, and I hope you come back! http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=45 Not many folks are using this feature of earthalbum, so I thought I'd just write about it again in more detail because I think it is one of the neater things you can do with earthalbum. If you are a Flickr enthusiast, you can use earthalbum to browse any Flickr group ... http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=44 Keeps going! This site is once again honored to be selected for recognition, this time by the illustrious PC Magazine. Here's how they selected the site: and here's what they said about it: Thanks to all-- I'm glad you like it! http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=43 Not the most exciting development, but scroll-wheel zooming now works! You can now easily zoom in and out of any part of the world. http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=40 As of yesterday night, users can create their own earthalbum URLs by going to www.earthalbum.com/keyword/(keyword), www.earthalbum.com/country/(country), city, address, or flickr groupid. You can see some of my personal favorites by clicking the "editions" link on the earthalbum homepage-- e.g., you can see the sunsets of Thailand, the snows of Japan, or ... http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=39 I've been on hiatus for several months, but I spent the better part of the long Thanksgiving weekend trying to make earthalbum better. For the most part, new users aren't going to notice anything different when they hit the main page. However, there are a lot of little things that have ... http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=38 Telus is one of Canada's leading telecommunications companies, and they picked earthalbum.com in their online March newsletter. In the process, they are generating one of the biggest-ever days for earthalbum.com-- fun! http://www.earthalbum.com/about/?p=37