Jun
19
Hawk makes Zooomer relevant to me. . .
Let me first explain that I am a huge fan of Flickr (I have over 7,000 photos on the service), but since I heard Thomas Hawk is joining Zooomr I have decided to give it a try. Brian was visiting Mike Arrington when Kristopher Tate was showing off his new photo site called Zooomr. Brian was knocked out! Mike wrote about it in a post titled, “Flickr on Steroids.“ But I was unconvinced, I never bothered to set up an account because Flickr isn’t broken for me – it is great!
That all changed when I saw Brian’s post that Thomas Hawk (one of my favorite photographers on Flickr) is joining the Zooomer team. Holy Bat-pictures! Why is he joining Zooomr? Is Zooomr important? Isn’t it just a Flickr clone? Hm… I better find out more. Usually, once I settle on a platform there is a huge amount of inertia keeping as a user. Unless something is broken or there is a huge advantage to switching I will stick it out. I still haven’t set up a Zooomr account, but my interest has been piqued by Thomas Hawk’s action.
I am sure I am not alone in my surprise. Isn’t it interesting how a single, influential person like Thomas Hawk can make a business relevant?
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