About The Photo Wall

What is Interes.tingness.com?

Interestingness.com is an interface experiment written in ActionScript 3 that uses the Flickr.com API (Beta) to display a photo wall using the Interestingess algorithm. The Interes.tingness.com photo wall is updated daily, throughout the day. Up to 500 images and photos are displayed on the wall at anyone time. Users can search previous days' interestingness feeds by entering the date and fetching it.

Images can be viewed at larger sizes up to 500 pixels along the largest length. Other sizes maybe available from the contributors photo feed on on Flickr.com and links are provided so you you can visit the contributors' photo feeds.

Apart from being an ActionScript 3 experiment, Interes.tingness.com aims to increase the exposure of photographers and contributors who use the Flickr system by providing a visual navigation tool for people looking for interesting images.

What makes a photo or image interesting?

The Flickr interestingness feed is generated by Flickr and there are many elements that make an image 'interesting' or not. Many of the features on Flickr - clickthrough sources, users' comments on an image, the time of the comment, users who add the image as a favourite, the photo's tags and many more things that are constantly changing over time all make up the Interestingness feed. Interestingness changes over time, as more and more fantastic content and stories are added to Flickr.

Interestingness Photo Walls by Date

Interes.tingness.com uses daily feeds so you can search for photos for any date* by entering the your date in the date fields and clicking on the "fetch by date" button.
*Feeds start from the 1st June 2004.

Randomise Current

The photo wall can be re-organised in a random order at any time by clicking the "randomise current" button.

Availability

Interes.tingness.com is provided on an as-is basis and is subject to the availability of the Flickr API system. Flickr services are experimental and are currently offered on an ad hoc basis with no guarantee of uptime or availability of continued service. Read more about Flickr services here. All enquiries about this site should be directed to interes [at] tingness dotcom