Found a dead link to a flickr image like http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg and want to find out which user posted it, more images by that user, see the full-size version, etc?
From the URL you’ve got take extract the image name (2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg). The first part is the photoID, the second part is the hash/salt and (if there) the third part the size (Full format: photoId_hash_size.jpg).
Now append that photoId to http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id= The example above would be transformed to http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=2177060015
Retailmenot.com is a simple coupon search site that has been taking off over the past year. The site solves a simple problem (dead or expired coupons) by allowing users to submit and vote on the validity of the coupons. They use a classic affiliate referral model, and by the looks of things, appear to be doing very well as of late with people flocking online to find coupons. I’ve used the site myself on a few occasions and can confess that the coupons work as advertised.
The site appears to be run out of Australia by Stateless Systems a small web company who also developed BugMeNot, a site for sharing login info with the same model.
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These steps are needed to prepare your wordpress blog for facebook connect integration using the WP-FBConnect Plugin. The plugin is documented here and you can download it here. The implementation is pretty simple, but there are some caveats as follows.
Step 1:
Add the language attributes wp function to your header(s). The plugin will add the following lanuage attribute for you “xmlns:fb=”http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml”.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
<?php language_attributes(); ?>>
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Answer: When you are a pre-revenue company like Twitter.
Twitter is much maligned for not having a forseable way of generating revenue. It’s easy to mistake this for a lack of effort or accumen on the part of the team. In fact, I would argue that the apparent lack of a business model and lack of emphasis on revenues is not a short-coming but a strategic effort on the part of twitter’s investors and founders. The reason being, it is a hell of a lot easier to justify an inflated valuation for a startup based on the amount of capital invested and not on revenues.
Twitter could flip the switch on one of many (but meek) revenue streams tomorrow, but the second that they do, their valuation would likely plummit. As long as they still have VC’s pouring in cash, they can go without revenue’s indefinetly and will have a strong disensentive to make money.
The problem with this strategy is that they are now solely reliant on a big exit, and in this environment they might have to wait a very long time.
