I saw a reference to this over at Dave’s Scripting News
Make sure that you scroll down beyond the camera lists to see the charts.
These graphs show the number of Flickr members who have uploaded at least one photo with a particular camera on a given day over the last year.
What a wonderful example of doing something interesting with unintended data. They mine the images and use it to create useful information for consumers, and probably producers as well.
I wonder if they sell custom intelligence to the camera makers?
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11/22/2006 at 1:36 pm
Lance Willett
Thanks for the link. Should I be bummed or happy that I use the #1 camera (Rebel XT)? Aaron and I were just discussing this last night, by the way. I now see that my smaller camera, the SD400, also made it to #1 in the point-and-shoot category. Hmmm…..
11/22/2006 at 1:45 pm
face
Happy. You are a “definitive” user. You lead the pack. You are at the front of the “happiness curve”.
Think of all the other things you could find out from the data!
Think of the free market research based on real results, not opinions.