A Flickr of Hope

I found it's actually quite simple to set up a Flickr account from an existing Yahoo account.  (And who doesn't have one of those?)  What is harder is keeping a Flickr collection lively without a digital camera ... there's only so much you can do with pictures sent by friends and culled (after vetting for copyright issues) from the Web.  So much for the perils of geezerhood.

One thing I notice on our ITPLD account: lots of pictures of events; no comments.  Is this normal?  To be expected?  I don't know.  Some people seem to use Flickr as a kind of illustrated social space--maybe that works best with a circle of people who already know each other, in person or on the Web.  Is that a direction we would want to explore?

One thing I have not yet been able to get working--or even find--is Flickr's "Blog This" feature.  I'll keep trying.  I get the feeling that Flickr's "help" capabilities are about on a par with Yahoo's: i.e., it will probably work, but if not, you're on your own.