Earlier I was reading a blog post by Alexander McCabe on how people are starting to determine someone’s credentials by how many google hits their name gets:
https://www.centralquestion.com/archives/2006/02/a_google_nobody.html
It’s interesting how technology is changing the way we do things, find out about things, etc. I just realized today that flickr can be a great local news source. Well, at least for pictures of local news.
Today I was down by the local mall just after an SUV had driven through the local bookstore show window, into the cafe there. I go there all the time so it was pretty shocking to see a vehicle sticking halfway out of the store. I didn’t have my camera on me, so when I got home and told my wife about it, I tried going on line to see if any news sources had covered it. Nothing. The store itself had a mention of it, but nothing else anywhere that I could find.
Then I realized that there were dozens of onlookers snapping away with their cell phone cameras. So what are they going to do with those pictures when they get home? flickr them, of course!
Went onto flickr, searched for “Porter Square”, sort by most recent, and instantly had a dozen photos, along with commentary by people who were there.
If you want to see the pics:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/koranteng/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewsnortheast/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pingswept/
(Nobody was killed, 3 people hurt, hopefully not too bad.)