The History of Flickr

[Rasheed]

Not sure if this is the right forum. Please, move it to the appropriate one if it's not.

I've just finished listening to the on-stage interview with Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr, now working for Yahoo. A very interesting talk about how to use a startup mentality and methodology in a large corporation. And of course, how Flickr was forged under the aftermath of the web 1.0 bubble burst.

IT Conversations: Caterina Fake

I didn't know Flickr started life as a multi-massive online game.

[teknomage1]

It's interesting, you hear all the time about people that accidentally discover a new chemical or other such things but this is the first time I've heard of someone accidentally discovering a popular program.