Scripting News: Oh Flickr

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Oh Flickr

On March 15, according to Flickr, you won't be able to use your "old skool" id to log on, they want you to use a Yahoo id instead. I was reminded of this because I wanted to access my Flickr account on my new laptop. I'm now going to explain the problems I had (stil have) although it makes me tired to even think about it, much less write about it.

First, here are some facts.

1. I have a Yahoo account, dwiner.

2. I have a free Flickr account, Guilty Party, associated with that account that I created by accident a few years ago. When I log on to Flickr using the dwiner name it takes me to the Guilty Party account.

3. I have a Pro account on Flickr, the one that I use regularly, Scriptingnews. It is not currently associated with a Yahoo account. I haven't got a clue how to get it associated with one. Can I have two Flickr accounts associated with one Yahoo id?

So if someone from Yahoo happens to read this, and I don't want to join your support forum, thank you (I already have enough stuff to do), please tell me what I'm supposed to do and keep it simple. I'm certainly willing to nuke the Flickr account I created by accident, it's just got some pictures of a Gephardt rally in New Hampshire from late 2003.

In the meantime, here's a screen shot of the new Joost app, on my real Flickr account.

Last update: Thursday, June 3, 2010; 4:00:33 PM

~About the Author~

Dave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.

"The protoblogger." - NY Times.

"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

One of BusinessWeek's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.

"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.

"RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with regularly updated data flows." - Tim O'Reilly.

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