February 2010
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The Flicka blog has MOVED
Flicka is no longer using Tumblr as its blog. Instead, we’ve setup things on our end - so please update your bookmarks, tweets, etc:
http://flicka.mobi/blog/
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Flicka.mobi Touch-Up'd
Since Flicka.mobi was getting a little crowded with blog postings and whatnot, we’ve launched a cleaned version. It’s completely mobile-friendly, naturally. (Web geeks, it’s valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and makes use of text-shadow - yummy!)
Progress continues to steadily rock on Flicka - more updates coming soon!
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Flicka's Getting Press [We *heart* U]
To us, you are a big deal. When Flicka gets attention from you (be it a blog-post, comment, favorite, bookmark, etc) we squeal with excitement - worse than girls at an NSYNC concert. (Seriously, it’s absurd.)
We’d like to throw a few high-fives to those who have taken the time to mention Flicka:
Adnan brought some recent attention to our mailinglist - props! Manuela Hoffmann is the...
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Favorites & Search: Flickin' Rightious
Two main tasks have been keeping us busy this week: building the Favorites page; and designing an intuitive Search page.
The Favorites page is nearly complete - like, really close folks. The remaining task is to incorporate a smooth lazy-loading system. We want to keep your phone battery full, so keeping data pulls to a minimum is very important.
A Search page mockup is ready for viewing...
January 2010
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User Profile Screenshot [Drool]
We’ve started building out the User Profile page for Flicka, and well, we’re freaking pumped.
A few roadblocks have popped up, as the Flickr API doesn’t give us access to some profile data - things such as gender and biography content. But don’t get discouraged, we’ll find ways around these issues, even if it means carrying around IV drips of coffee.
Next on the...
What's been keeping us busy...
With all the positive feedback we’ve received since launching Flicka.mobi and the other Flicka channels, our excitement continues to grow as we creep closer to launch.
Here’s a quick list of things keeping us busy:
Integration of camera features: We’re giving the user the ability to capture and upload images directly from their phone.
Caching: We want the load-times of Flicka...
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Flicka Progressing Nicely...
Although Flicka.mobi officially launched yesterday, the Flicka app has been under development for a couple months now, and things are progressing nicely.
We’re concentrating very hard on making Flicka as efficient as possible - battery life, data usage, caching, and optimal Android SDK coding are all being looked at closely as we continue development.
You can check out the current...
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Flicka.mobi Launched!
We’re excited to present the launch of Flicka.mobi - a website for all things Flicka.
Flicka will bring the power of Flickr.com to your Android phone, including the following super-awesome features:
Notifications : Customizable notifications immediately inform you of new Flickr contact uploads, Flickr mail, Photostream comments, etc. directly in your Android notifications bar.
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