week 3 or things 5-7

I had a good look at flickr including the flickr tour. Unfortunately I don't have any digital photos myself, so I couldn't put any on the site. But on the other hand - old-fashioned guy that I am - I would not have liked that idea too much anyway. It's one thing sharing photos with some friends and another sharing with a web-wide-community. I could have looked at photos for the rest of my life, but the thought of that was rather frightening.
But I was thinking what a huge technology must be behind such a side to manage this amount of photos and things. It must be enormous. And I understand it would be up to me whom I would allow to view my photos - if these privacy statements can be trusted that is.
I also had a look at this flickr mashups and all the amazing things you could do if you wanted to. I understand there endless possibilities to play around with your photos and maps and stuff. Interesting, but again no really tempting.
All together I found flickr more interesting than the other sites from the week before. But the task I like most is writing this blog here. So at least I can say I learned something.