PicLens = Image browsing made easy

I don't know how I managed to not know anything about PicLens until today.

PicLens is a browser plug-in which transforms image streams into a full-screen browsing experience. I installed the Firefox extension this morning and I'm in image surfing heaven moments after.

Here's a quick demo on YouTube before my review:



I have been on Flickr for a while now and have accumulated a lot of contacts over time. All of my non-friend contacts on Flickr are folks that I have made a decisive choice to maintain contact because I respect their photographic creation. 1000+ sounds like a lot, but when you consider that more than 24 million people are active on Flickr everyday, a thousand is actually quite a small amount.

While my intention is to be amazed by my colleagues' work, the paging mechanism + thumbnail clicking has also become rather annoying overtime. I tried using the Slideshow module to go through my contacts' photos, but the 200 count limit imposed by Flickr still create some problem.

PicLens does not impose image count limit to any browsing. The browsing model is also so fluid, transparent and intuitive that require zero learning-curve.

With this tool, I did something I have never done on Flickr today:
1. I browsed through every single image posted to my contacts' recent photos.
2. I browsed through the entire photostream from a contact I recently added.

There is no way I could have tolerated this process if I were to do this in Flickr's native interface. It has also replaces the need for flickrleech now, which I must say have served me quite well before PicLens.

But PicLens does not only do Flickr, it also does Facebook, YouTube, Google Image Search, Yahoo Image Search, and the list goes on... I tested it on Google Image Search and had the first tolerable experience on Google Image Search today.

This tool is indispensible. Highly recommended!

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Yahoo Image Search: SML / 2007-12-22 / SML Screenshots

I love Yahoo! Doing a search on Yahoo Image Search proves that the acronym SML most definitely belongs to me :)

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=21


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=41


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=61


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=81


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=101


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=121


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=141


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=161


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sml&b=181


As you can see, aside from slight irregularities on Page 9 and 10, a year of image SEO is working :)

SML Thank You
Yahoo, thank you for making such a wonderful christmas for me this year!

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Human Calendar / Inspirations Are Everywhere

The Human Calendar™ is a calendar created by Craig Giffen where portraits of everyday people and puts them into a calendar, where everyone is looking at the current date.

In addition to the main calendar, there are also portable versions, i.e. widgets for Google Homepage, your blogs, MySpace, etc. Very neat. Here's the blog widget. I will look forward to seeing it change for tomorrow:

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SML Thank You
I found this on the Facebook posted items from Tom Ajello (SML Wiki). Thanks!

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SML Google = See-ming Lee 李思明 + Google

SML Math = See-ming Lee 李思明 + Mathematics

• SML (Google: SML) = See-ming Lee = Design + Technology + Marketing Strategy = 李思明 = 設計 + 科技 + 營銷策略
• Google (Google: Google) = Google + Google Maps + Google Video + Google News + Google Groups + Google Labs + Google Adwords + Google Desktop Download + Google Image Search + Google.org + ...

SML Google = See-ming Lee 李思明 + Google

• Google: "See-ming Lee" = Results 1 - 10 of about 36,100 for "See-ming Lee". (0.05 seconds)
• Google Blog Search: "See-ming Lee" = Results 1 - 10 of about 34 for "See-ming Lee". (0.18 seconds)
• Google Books: "See-ming Lee" = Books 1 - 2 of 2 on "See-ming Lee". (0.10 seconds)
• Google Images: "See-ming Lee" = Results 1 - 20 of about 333 for "See-ming Lee". (0.05 seconds)
• Google Images: "See-ming Lee" site:farm1.static.flickr.com = Results 1 - 20 of about 632 for site:farm1.static.flickr.com "See-ming Lee". (0.15 seconds)
• Google Images: "See-ming Lee" site:farm2.static.flickr.com = Results 1 - 20 of about 76 for site:farm2.static.flickr.com "See-ming Lee". (0.05 seconds)
• Google Images: "See-ming Lee" site:www.yaleherald.com = Results 1 - 14 of 14 for site:www.yaleherald.com "See-ming Lee". (0.05 seconds)
• Google Groups: "See-ming Lee" = Results 1 - 10 of 103 for "See-ming Lee"
• Google Maps: "See-ming Lee" = Results 1 - 10 of about 26 for "See-ming Lee"
• Google Video: "See-ming Lee" = Results for "See-ming Lee" 1 - 3 of about 3 (0.014 s) - RSS

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Gay Pride New York 2007

Happiness = Pride

June 22 - 24, 2007 is officially the happiest weekend I have had in my entire life. I spent the weekend taking photographs of the most uniquely talented and creative bunch of people I have ever been with and in turn made many wonderful friends along the way.I thank you all for demonstrating the diversity and pleasure of life to me.

I took 1000+ photos over that weekend. My Gay Pride New York 2007 (Flickr Collection) consists of the following Flickr sets:

200 Highlights / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

200 Most interesting / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

Annual Faerie + Church Ladies for Choice Drag March / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2007 / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

Folsom Street East 2007 / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

Gay Pride Parade New York 2007 / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

Humanity / Portraits / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

Radical Faeries Drum Ritual / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML
Thumbnails / Detail / Slideshow

Here are 200 highlights (my favorites) from the complete collection:

I haven't been able to jot down every single name and email addresses. Please feel free to identify yourself or your friends in the comment area of the photograph.

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SML Flickr Groups

On July 7th, 2007, I finished processing all the photographs.

I was immensely touched by the humanity, diversity and the spirit of life from my experience, and I wrote a manifesto about the celebration of life. On the same day, I started the following Flickr groups to honor the men and women who have inspired and continue to provide support to me in the past, present and future:

Homo Magi is a term to describe a sub-race of magic-using humans in the DC Universe. The Homo Magi evolved in a parallel but separate line, alongside Homo Sapiens. Homo Magi and Metahumans account for most of the superhuman abilities in the DC Universe. (Wikipedia: Homo Magi)

Life Celebrates Diversity = all age + all attires + all builds + all classes + all colors + all cultures + all education levels + all flavors + all genders + all hair styles + all income levels + all interests + all lifestyles + all locations + all philosophy + all professions + all physiques + all races + all religions + all roles + all sexual tastes = all walks of life (Wikipedia: Diversity)

Meta Human is a term to describe superhumans in the DC Universe. It is roughly synonymous with both mutant and mutate (in the Marvel Universe) and posthuman in the Wildstorm and Ultimate Marvel Universes. Use of the term in reference to superheroes was coined in 1986 by author George R. R. Martin, first in the Superworld role playing system, and then later in his Wild Cards series of novels. (Wikipedia: Metahuman)

Meta Men = Men / Meta Humans

Meta Women = Women / Meta Humans

I invite you to join and post your photographs.

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Model Credits

If you are the model of the photograph, please email me at seeminglee+gaypridenewyork2007@gmail.com so I can give you proper credits.

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