Go-Go Gadget: Pick Flickr

Do you love Flickr as much as I do? Are you constantly wondering, "what are my friends doing on Flickr"? Is your busy schedule keeping you from knowing what's the newest, freshest content being snapped and shared by your inner circle? Have you already forgotten what you uploaded last year? Well, thanks to some creative apps in the App Garden, you'll wonder no longer:

Docent - "your helpful Flickr gallery assistant". Find all your contacts' galleries and be notified when they update them.

Flickr for Busy People - displays a list of your Flickr contacts who have uploaded photos in the last 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours and 8 hours.

Flickriver - you can view most interesting photos by user or group, search for photos or just explore and discover the most interesting photos on any specific day.

Photojojo Time Capsule - set up the Time Capsule with your email & Flickr account and you can enjoy a pleasant reminder of the days of yore, with a twice monthly email of photos you snapped last year.

via Flickr & Photojojo

flickr + Library of Congress

The Commons is a project between Flickr and the Library of Congress. Here's a description from Flickr:

"Back in June of 2007, we began our first collaboration with a civic institution to facilitate giving people a voice in describing the content of a publicly-held photography collection.

The key goals of this pilot project are to firstly give you a taste of the hidden treasures in the huge Library of Congress collection, and secondly to show how your input of a tag or two can make the collection even richer.

You're invited to help describe photographs in the Library of Congress' collection on Flickr, by adding tags or leaving comments."

You can see the photos right here. This is major!