Agree... I always find myself clicking on nonexistent links to find more info. - Juan Pablo González
I wonder about this also. I seem to get these spikes all the time and the views of the top viewed pix don't seem to correspond with the spike. - gfurry
this happened to me last week as well. my most recent public photo has been viewed over 800 times, but none of them have been credited to my total view count. perplexing. : ) - carlotta fancypants
Hopefully Flickr will extend their analytics package -- need more numbers plz! - Shey
I could never figure out Flickr stats -- there seem to be a whole bunch of conflicting, irreconcilable numbers. That being said -- isn' t there enough info in the referring stats to tell you where the traffic comes from? - Brian Sullivan
the flickr referrer list might give you a hint - any surprise referrer? - Joelle Nebbe
I would like to see better stats/analytics for PRO members too...make me feel like I'm getting more for my $--even if it's artificial differentiation. - Josh
omg that's so true... i found out that this pic of my cat licking his balls was quoted on some really random japanese blog amongst other cat pics resulting in a spike. WTF internet ... WTF! - Snipergirl
doesn't the referring link on that photo show you where the large number of views are coming in from? - Thomas Hawk
If it's the same thing that happened to me last month, it's 1 or 2 views of every photo on my stream in one day. Referrers didn't help - in fact I never did figure it out. - TreJack
It only does so for the last day. The analytics package is very weak compared to say what Google Analytics can do. Heck, if Flickr allowed Pro users to enter an Analytics account number for their pages, that would be a huge win. - Jauder Ho
We all just gotta remember that Flickr's first and foremost priority is their site/app. They've never been the go to guy for analytics software. - Rich Harris
Are you kidding? Google will be cannibalizing its Picasa product (though who cares any more about Picasa) by enhancing Flickr, a Yahoo product. Unfortunately for Google, Yahoo does own some nice intellectual property which suffers from some Yahooness in terms of anemic features. - Glenn Batuyong
It seems to be spread across a lot of my photos. Only a handful of my pics have had this amount of views in total. - Chris Nixon
Not a heavy flickr user but I totally agree with you - AJ Batac
I think it must be a glitch. None of my most popular photos had particularly large views on that date, - Chris Nixon
the overall referrals should show a spike of that size. Very doubtful it was internal within flickr. - Ryan Brenizer
Seriously I had the exact same thing happen last month. Every photo in my stream got two or three hits, with nothing in the referrals. The stats don't go back that far, so I can't research it now, but I'll be curious if you figure out what happened... - TreJack
I'm going to have to check them out just for that name! - Ladybug Heather
i can not listen to their version of this song without feeling like i'll cry. i have a version (not sure which this is) where you can hear their breaths very clearly and it just kills me (i mean, not for real because i'm still here, but you know what i mean) - carlotta fancypants
They are good. You may have heard Different Stars and not have known it. They are sort of... Portishead meets Hem. Trip-hop, downtempo, but shoegaze and dreampop elements and vocals that could be at home doing alt-country. - Michael W. May
Those are my faves too, Anna! Love the colors of some others, but really love the natural stuff. - Lisa L. Seifert
Lisa, I could seriously stare at these ALL day...lol - Anna Haro
the tree/snow/fence series is so lovely to me. like you, i could stare at the one in particular for hours. thanks for sharing, anna. <3 - carlotta fancypants
Haiku for You is a collaborative art project blog. Submit a topic or story and we may turn it into an original, illustrated haiku. - carlotta fancypants
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LG: OMG ew. That is why you can not properly render hearts. != ♡ - Mona N.
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I love black licorice, but I rarely see it in vending machines. Black Twizzlers are crap though. - Robert Haas
Ew, you too? Black Licorice should be banished. - Mona N.
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I love black licorice but I don't want to see it in vending machines. Since it's not as popular, it's likely anything they stock in the machine will likely be sort of stale. - April Russo
Recently, the vending company in our office decided to pull the machine from every other floor. Their reasoning was low sales, so things were going bad. Which was a bald-assed lie because the machines were frequently empty... the only things left were the crap that no one ever bought. - Yolanda ♥s Nuttycakes
after webcasting for eight years now, i understand how frustrating this can be, but, like mark said, if you're still enjoying podcasting, keep it up! watching your rankings go up and down goes with the territory, but if it makes you happy, that's what matters? - carlotta fancypants
You guys are right! I do enjoy it so much, that is all that matters and that is why I started it in the first place. Sometimes I lose sight of these things:) - orionstarr
When was the last time you mentioned commenting or subscribing during a podcast? - Mark VandenBerg
Orionstarr, I'm glad to hear that you're still enjoying it. And I'm glad that you mentioned your podcast. I didn't even know that you had one. Definitely going to check it out! - Mark Wilson
yes, thanks for mentioning it! i just finished listening. yay!! - carlotta fancypants
Thanks so much! Well It's something that I need to expand upon and do a better job at of promoting. Wow thanks guys for listening I didn't even expect this. - orionstarr
Just taken a listen .. really good and great mix of tunes, particularly impressed to see The Helio Sequence and Friendly Fires in there, 2 fantastic bands! - Emma
again you guys are to nice! I am so inspired now:) - orionstarr
Any feedback or suggestions would be great in order to make it better! You'll notice I don't like to host on this simply because I feel that on music podcast people want to hear music, not somebody talking. - orionstarr
Thanks again for checking it out and I have so many more ideas I'm working on, I just sometimes lose sight of what I love doing! - orionstarr
The only suggestion I would make is to include the song titles in the show notes. I noticed that you did it for previous episodes. I like Deerhoof so I was glad to see them included in the latest episode. Good stuff. - Mark Wilson
love. it. especially the strange spinning artichoke that turns into an eyeball. and the jinglebell/tamvourine solo. nice!!! - carlotta fancypants
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“You can look at the menu but you just cant eat...You can feel the cushions but you cant have a seat...You can dip your foot in the pool but you cant have a swim...You can feel the punishment but you cant commit the sin...And you want her and she wants you...We want everyone”
“just because i charged through your turnstyle a little over thirty years ago does NOT mean you know what's best for me!!!!! in other words, back the fuck off, mom.”
One of the things that so many of us have forgotten in the new world of digital is how powerful real film photography can be. There is something about what happens when colors and chemicals collide that is wonderful and beautiful. With film you have to be precise. Film is money. With every click you pay a price. It's a sacrifice. For some more than others. It takes discipline. A single photograph emerges from the Polaroid when you click. This week I'd like to recommend the work of rogue rogue. - Thomas Hawk
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I'm not sure that film looks that much better than digital - seems colours aren't as accurate to me. On the other hand I'm young enough that I only had one film camera before moving totally digital. - Richard Bradshaw
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i agree, thomas. shooting film is a sacrifice and, i believe, it leaves so much to chance (which could be a blessing or a curse). you don't have the ability to go check and do over. i admire those who shoot with film and i thank you for sharing the work of rogue rogue. you've made a fan out of me! thanks again for this great series!! - carlotta fancypants
goodness knows i love a good cover, and this is probably the best cover i've heard of my favourite elliott smith song. beautiful. - carlotta fancypants
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