Here are the first three pictures that I have loaded onto Flickr. All three are from a recent trip to Lake Tahoe, they also happen to be the only photos of mine that I have access to from my work computer.
I found that signing up for a Flickr account, browsing Flickr, and uploading my picture was fairly easy. The uploading process was similar to any other photo site out there (snapfish, photobucket, etc.). I like the style of organization that this website uses with their tagging system. You could literally spend hours upon hours exploring other people's photos. There are some pretty fantastic amateur photographers on this website.
The other thing that I found fascinating about Flickr was the use of other programs, mashups and 3rd party programs, that allowed the user to do more with their photos. These mashups are really interesting because there are no limits to what kind of programs you can make to mesh with Flickr. Here are some links to my favorite mashups or 3rd party programs that I found and a quick description of what each one does.
retrievr - this is really fun program to use to kill some time and express your own creative side. This program has a little window where you can create a small piece of original artwork using an application similar to Microsoft paint. Then, it uses your creation to browse similar photos posted on Flickr.
Trip Planner - this program allows to you make a trip itinerary with restaurants, hotels, and attractions. Then when you return you can upload photos of the places that you visited and have an itinerary with photos of the locations to show your friends.
Mappr - allows you to map out photos with geographic tags.
Montager - creates mosaics out of other people photos found on Flickr
Spell - lets you type a word or words and then grabs images from Flickr that spell out the word you typed. Also, if you don't like the first photo that comes up, simply click on the image to change the photo until you find one that you like.
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