PicFog is...
- Real time image search
- Searches for picture links in tweets using twitter search API
- Janos P Toth's little experiment
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Features
- Thumbnails are shown as they're posted to twitter
- Click on a thumbnail to see full-size & details
- Search for:
- keyword
- twitter user
- near a location
- Most popular location search is Near me
More features
- No. of retweets are shown - popular pics go up
- PicFog is an iPhone webapp - add to your home screen
- Breaking news are tweeted to @PicFog
- Breaking news snapshots with RSS feed: picfog.com/breaking
Popular content
Most popular searches fall into four main categories:
- Breaking news (Fire @ Google HQ, #iranelection)
- Weather (Hurricane Bill, Solar eclipse, #uksnow)
- Conferences, meetups (#media140, barcamp, devnest)
- Sports & music (U2, @bandsthatjam feeds, Ashes)
Money locations
- Currently: Google AdSense ads
- Full featured iPhone application - in the works
- PicFog wants to be everywhere:
- From cellphones to Piccadilly Circus
- As standalone app and as an embedded feature
- As PicFog and as white labelled product
Media coverage
- PicFog Displays the Strength of Real-Time Image Search (Mashable)
- Tracking Iran news and censorship online (CNN)
- Iran Election Dispute Plays Out Online (Washington Post)
- The Soho Fire: a social media news event (Wired.co.uk)
Tweetback
- “maybe the coolest site ever” (@_PeteO_)
- “A voyeuristic dip in the rushing stream of curious & mundane images flowing across Twitter: PicFog” (@avinashkaushik)
- “Liked @rob_sheridan until he turned me on 2 picfog.com. Now I just stare at my screen transfixed, def gonna lose my job. thx Rob.” (@jxbarry)
- “Is http://picfog.com/ better than tv? or reality tv?” (@drbeagle)
Thank you
Now, if you're ready, go try PicFog :).
- This page: picfog.com/about
- Follow @PicFog
- Email hi@picfog.com
- Dev blog: blog.tjp.hu/tagged/picfog
Thanks to Kitsite, @gondocs, Mobyko, illustrativo