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NowPublic.com
My DIA photos were selected to run with this NowPublic story by founder Michael Tippett. (Click to see story.) |
On Friday I had the unforgettable experience of flying out from the Denver International Airport (DIA) two days after a major blizzard which had closed the airport for nearly two days, stranding thousands of travelers.
I had to wait an hour in line, in 30-degree windy weather, just to check my bag. (The line inside was at least 10 times as long, so I figured I'd rather be cold for a shorter time.) After that, I stood in the security line for two and a half hours!
Even though I'd arrived at the airport nearly four hours before my flight time, I was sure as I neared the end of the security line that I would miss my plane. Fortunately my flight was delayed, so I made it to N.J. for my family visit just fine. I uploaded to Flickr some photos I'd taken at DIA to illustrate how crowded it had been.
Today, as I logged onto Flickr to upload some Christmas photos, I saw I had a message from Michael Tippett, a founder of NowPublic -- a popular citizen journalism site I keep meaning to explore. He requested permission to republish my DIA photos with a NowPublic story about the airport. I granted that permission, and now you can see them with his story: Denver airport operating at capacity.
This was interesting -- NowPublic has a system set up to allow photo creators to approve the use of their photos on the site. Here's a screen grab I took of that process (two-page pdf).
A few weeks ago I set the default license for the photos I upload to Flickr as Creative Commons Attribution 2.0. This allows my images to turn up in a CC search on Flickr, which I mentioned earlier. It's interesting to see how they're being used.
I like how they display photos on NowPublic. For instance, if you look at one of my pictures (say, this one of the security line), if you click the "+" next to my Flickr ID (agahran) at the top right, you get options to e-mail me, visit my Flickr page, get a feed from my Flickr page, and other options. And under the photo title, there's a Javascript (or maybe Ajax) menu of "thumbprint options" such as footage properties, high-res version, license info, and more.
This is definitely a well-thought-out system. I'll have to explore NowPublic more thoroughly.
Hope everyone is having a great holiday!
Great post, Amy. Thanks so much. Here in Ohio during...
