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Thomas Hawk
Personal blog · thomashawk.comdesignculture
Thomas Hawk's personal blog at thomashawk.com covers design and culture. Since 2007, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Photography blog by Thomas Hawk, a photographer, with posts on Flickr, Creative Commons licensing and Wikipedia. HN commenters cite his posts as sources in discussions of those topics.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
No thanks. He'll probably fabricate something I've said, as he did with Robert Scoble. [1] 1. http://thomashawk.com/2005/11/andrew-orlowski-and-register-b...
Comment linking /2005/11/andrew-orlowski-and-register-bad.html
on “Wikipedia doesn't need your money”Submitted Flickr is dead as a story · 183 points
HN discussionZooomr is no longer a conflict of interest since he no longer works there. Zooomr has been closed to new registrations for ~2 years. He has never stopped using Flickr, and still thought Flickr was great when he went to Zooomr: http://thomashawk.com/2006/06/why-im-going-to-work-for-zooom...
Comment linking /2006/06/why-im-going-to-work-for-zooomr.html
on “Flickr is dead”Submitted Collecting Vernacular Photography as a story · 75 points
HN discussiona lot of governments actually have a policy which sounds like "Exempting food sales but taxing prepared food sold for immediate consumption unless it is take-out except taxing hot take-out." This sort of thing is absolutely true here in SF. For example, buying a sandwich at Subway doesn't usually incur a sales tax. But answer "yes" to "Would you like it toasted?" and suddenly your $5 footlong is now ~$5.50 courtesy…
Comment linking /2008/06/cheap-bastard-says-dont-order-your-bread-toasted-at-subway-and-always-order-your-coffee-to-go.html
on “California says the iPhone costs $599”Submitted An Open Letter to Carol Bartz, CEO Yahoo Inc. as a story · 27 points
HN discussion"... I was hoping for an insight into some cool algorithm they use, instead I get a piece of puffery ..." If you want to read about the precise, analytical technology that by and large has been solved - yesterdays news then try Cal Hendersons blog ~ http://iamcal.com/talks Hendo has some excellent talks on massive scaling, unicode filtering, how to build cheap & fast, etc. If you want to read about the messy, yet to…
Comment linking /2008/10/use-swear-word-in-private-email-at.html
on “How Flickr polices 2.8 billion photos”Submitted How Flickr Screwed Me Out of My Pro Account On a San Francisco Photo Walk as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIt's important to read Creative Commons licenses carefully: some grant other people the right to make money off of your original work in ways you never envisioned, without any compensation to you. Photographer Thomas Hawk wrote, correctly: "If you are going to license your photos Creative Commons with no restriction, then you ought to be prepared for this type of use. If it’s not Flickr selling them, anyone else can…
Comment linking /2014/11/the-controversy-around-flickr-selling-creative-commons-licensed-photos.html
on “Fight Over Yahoo’s Use of Flickr Photos”Submitted Walmart Censors Facebook Comment About Mugging at Oakland Store as a story · 4 points
HN discussionMany of you have been discussing speed, but one of the things I liked most about the old GMail was the look. This is surprising, because my taste tends toward minimalism and the muted colors of today. GMail used of a variety of colors (blue, green, orange, etc.) but there was an elegance to them. It's not just blue, it's a very specific shade of blue (#C3D9FF). The confirmation messages aren't just "orange," they're…
Comment linking /2009/04/friendfeed-is-for-winners-friendfeed-launches-simplified-new-user-interface.html
on “Gmail's Simple Html Mode is much better than standard mode”Submitted Principles and Guidelines for the Modern Photowalker as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Google+ is better for social photography than Flicker as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thomas Hawk on Google+ State as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flickr censorship as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Priime, the best iPhone photo editor I’ve ever used as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What TechCrunch Gets Wrong About Ello as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Change is good as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Thomas Hawk likes Search Plus Your World as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Letter to Steve Douty as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Former Flickr Engineer Attacks SmugMug CEO on Blog as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Who Will Win the Battle for Your Living Room in the Next 24 Months? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I hate video as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted More Crappy Censorship From Your Friends at Yahoo! - Y! threatens Loren Feldman as a story · 1 points
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