http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/10/flickr-co-founder-returns-to-roots/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/10/flickr-co-founder-returns-to-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-4708 Eric Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:38:59 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=6380#comment-4708 The underlying tech, the part that ran the game itself, is what was reused. See, when Flickr launched it was a real time photo sharing interface in Flash. That was all built by re-purposing the game client and server, and then adding on top of it the ability to upload photos and share them in the realtime UI. Only later did we add things like, Oh, you know, web pages for photos :) The underlying tech, the part that ran the game itself, is what was reused. See, when Flickr launched it was a real time photo sharing interface in Flash. That was all built by re-purposing the game client and server, and then adding on top of it the ability to upload photos and share them in the realtime UI. Only later did we add things like, Oh, you know, web pages for photos :)

]]> http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/10/flickr-co-founder-returns-to-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-4705 DM|ZE Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:05:07 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=6380#comment-4705 Once it's on the net, it's a fact man... at least that's how it seems. Once it's on the net, it's a fact man… at least that's how it seems.

]]> http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/10/flickr-co-founder-returns-to-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-4704 Michael Zhang Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:00:40 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=6380#comment-4704 I see. So the technology was originally used for non-photo images for GNE, but was reused for Flickr? I see. So the technology was originally used for non-photo images for GNE, but was reused for Flickr?

]]> http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/10/flickr-co-founder-returns-to-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 Eric Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:29:04 +0000 http://www.petapixel.com/?p=6380#comment-4701 The photo stuff was never a part of GNE. We build the photo stuff as a separate app built on the same tech, and that turned into Flickr. The confusion all stems from a single article that mentioned the photo tools as being part of the game, which was incorrect, but that incorrect detail just won't die. The photo stuff was never a part of GNE. We build the photo stuff as a separate app built on the same tech, and that turned into Flickr. The confusion all stems from a single article that mentioned the photo tools as being part of the game, which was incorrect, but that incorrect detail just won't die.

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