Tag Galaxy: Another Unique Way To View Flickr Photos (Tag Galaxy via Information Aesthetics)

Information Aesthetics blogged about a new tool for searching for Flickr photos by tag called Tag Galaxy. The flash-based online application searches the Flickr tag set and then displays the results as a solar system with the main tag as the sun. Clicking on the planets (or the sun) zooms in on the pictures associated with that tag. The application is probably not as useful as CompFight but it is pretty cool to play around with. Below is a screenshot of the tags associated with the word "enigma".

A Lovely Spring In Erie Found Courtesy Of Compfight (Compfight Via ReadWriteWeb)

Spring in Erie has really been very nice this year. The flowers have been spectacular and we have had a number of warm, clear days and cool, but pleasant, nights. I was looking at the last of my dogwood blossoms out of my window and thinking about uploading some pictures just to show everyone that Erie wasn't some sort of bleak, frozen, icebox of a place and I realized I had not taken any really good pictures this year.

Along comes CompFight (via an article in ReadWriteWeb), a tool that lets you more easily search the vast Flickr image pool for free-to-use Creative Commons (and other types) of pictures. Here are a couple of pictures showing the two things almost everyone takes a picture of in Erie, some of the wildlife at Put-in Bay at Presque Isle and one of our magnificent sunsets (Click on the links for more info about the pictures).