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Flickr Picks – Bringing You Photos Of China

July 2nd, 2008 by Stephen Cronin
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I recently added a new category of post to JobsInChina: Flickr Picks.

Flickr Picks highlights China related photos that I’ve found on Flickr, that particularly impress me. I’ll usually add my thoughts to the posts, but they’ll be short and frequent.

Note, the photos are not taken by me, they are taken by other people who have chosen to share them on Flickr. All photos appearing in this series have been released under a Creative Commons license (not that they are hosted on this blog anyway).

Flickr Picks do not appear on the front page of JobsInChina or in the main site feed. I took this decision because there are likely to be very many, very short posts and I don’t want to dilute my more in-depth content.

They can be seen on the Flickr Picks home page and it is possible to access them via the Flickr Picks RSS feed.

I have also added a widget to the sidebar, visible on all pages, showing the last 10 images added to Flickr Picks.

Why did I create the Flickr Picks category?

When I started this blog, I followed the lead of my friend Terence Chang from The Internet Entrepreneur’s Diary and used Flickr images for the header of each post. I think this really adds to the blog.

To find header images, I started monitoring the China related photos being added to Flickr. What I found was a steady stream of great photos.

I felt like commenting on them and sharing them with my readers. Sure, they are all available on Flickr, but I’m picking out the best or most interesting photos and highlighting them. It also adds to the blog, as it shows what life is like in China.

I hope you enjoy Flickr Picks. I’m going to enjoy bringing them to you.

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2 Comments

  1. Terence Chang Says:
    July 3rd, 2008 at 12:24 am
     (Reply)

    Hey:

    Thank you for mentioning. Now I know where to find the awesome China photos.

    I can see that you are doing great! Keep it up!

    Looking forward to seeing more post here !

    1. Stephen Cronin Says:
      July 3rd, 2008 at 4:43 am
       (Reply)

      Thanks Terence,

      By the way, I decided to make this blog nofollow for the moment, because it is too attractive to spammers (PR4 with almost no competing comments). I may change back to dofollow later, or not, who knows.

      Anyway, I decided to add a blogroll instead, and reward frequent commentators that way, so now you have a site wide link…

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