pechaflickr
by Alan Levine http://cog.dog/ or http://cogdogblog.com/
The fun improv game that mashes up pecha kucha, powerpoint karoke, with random photos from flickr-- seen at http://pechaflickr.net/
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What the heck is pechaflickr?
Huh? Give pechaflickr a tag to find flickr photos, how many you want, how long you want each slide on the screen, and see what kind of improv you and your friends can do.
And try the new Heather mode -- Inspired by the suggestion of a grade 6 teacher, in this mode the tag is not displayed, and the challenge is to guess the tag from the pictures you get.
Requirements
You will need a web server or a local running server PHP and to get a flickr API key. Do I really need to say you need the internet?
Setting Up
- Copy all files to your web server in directory of your choice.
- Get a flickr api key http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply/
- Edit config.php to enter the string for the API key
- Play and have fun
Ch-ch-ch-changes
This was made first in 2011, and I have been sloppy at tracking updates. Time to make up for that!
- May 2011: First blogged https://cogdogblog.com/2011/05/pechaflickr/
- Jul 2011: first release on Google Code https://code.google.com/archive/p/pechaflickr/
- Mar 2014: Photo credits screen added https://cogdogblog.com/2014/03/pechaflickr-super-powers/
- Apr 2014: Moved to a domain of it's own http://pechaflickr.net/
- Aug 2015: Slide show moved to vegas https://cogdogblog.com/2015/08/new-pechaflickr/
- Feb 2016: heather mode added https://cogdogblog.com/2016/02/new-wave-pechaflickr/
- Dec 2018 German version announced https://cogdogblog.com/2018/12/improvisieren-mit-zufalligen-fotos/
- Mar 2021: Config option added for Google Analytics, and option added for limiting to Flickr Commons https://cogdogblog.com/2021/03/pechaflickrcommons/
Going Worldwide
Other versions of pechaflickr:
- http://pechaflickr.de German version by Nele Hirsch
Tell Me
If you have used pechaflickr in any way, I'm interested in knowing about it! Leave me some feedback at http://bit.ly/pechaflickr-survey