snaptrip: an announcement of sorts
I've finally got to the point where I'm happy to really start posting about snaptrip.
snaptrip is a little web project that lets you use Dopplr and Flickr together. Initially, it allows you to put machine tags - specially formatted bits of data - on your Flickr photos. Why bother? Well, Dopplr itself uses this data, if available, to show you photos on its site.
Obviously that's a bit dull, and I do have further plans going forward, but because I've been stopping quite often to polish the app as I was building it, it's been a bit slower than I'd like. (I've also been using it to learn about both Python and Google App Engine - the appspot.com gives that bit away).
Anyway, once I've sorted out a couple of little niggles, I'll probably post more about this elsewhere, but for now, if you have a Dopplr account, feel free to try it.
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The UI for tagging photos needs a bit of a think - the current version is really just a proof of concept, almost. If I can pull myself away from Python and back to English I'm intending to write a follow-up, but for now, yes, I know there's no way to choose what to tag, and I'm aiming for it to be fairly easy.
(It says I'm authenticated to Dopplr as me, but only that I'm logged into Flickr - and when I follow through to Flickr it asks if the user is correct).
If you're still not seeing them, let me know and I'll see if snaptrip was/is having problems with your account.