What follows is a pro-Flickr rant, so ignore at will…
Among the many unique features of the visual programming tool VVVV, one of the most enviable is the CTRL-3 shortcut for “Upload screenshot”. All screenshots are immediately uploaded to the vvvv.meso.net web site and shared with all users. It’s an excellent way to get an overview over what people are working on, and it’s simply a very cool community-building tool.
Personally, I publish sketches to Flickr regularly when working on a project. I sometimes even blog those pictures here. It serves as a repository of various versions, and lets users (both curators and random passers-by) comment on the work. What I like best is going back and seeing versions and ideas that went nowhere, and which I had forgotten about. From re-discovery it is a small step to resurrection…
There is a Flickr pool for Processing already, but sadly it doesn’t see much use right now. Uploading manually to Flickr is not as spontaneous as the VVVV function, but it still works well for showing off sketches etc. I’m hereby proposing that all Flickr-using Processing heads should upload their snapshots. Start by making your own Processing set, tag the images “processing.org” and add them to the Processing Pool. You’ll be surprised at how well it works as a sketchbook, where people can even comment on the work as it happens.
See the Flickr Processing Pool for what is already there. For some users who are making good use of Flickr, see the following:
See also the tag “processing.org” on Flickr. This is the best tag for letting people know that an image is Processing-related, and is the tag you should use on your blog or your del.icio.us account as well.
Of course, the use of Flickr in this way is not unique to Processing. flickr.com/photos/tags/jitter gives many more results than flickr.com/photos/tags/processingorg. Sometimes looking at flickr.com/photos/tags/generative/clusters/ can prove fruitful.
I just added the Processing group to Processing Blogs