Seriously. You really should get Flock for yourself. Think of it as a holiday gift!
Flock is a web browser that integrates with TinyPic and other image sharing and social sites. It lets you publish up to 1000 photos to TinyPic at one time! After you download the Flock browser, and install it, you are ready to go.

1. Open the Flock browser.
2. Log into your TinyPic account. You can:
   • Enter the web address (http://tinypic.com) and log in.
   • Click the Log in button below the TinyPic logo on the Flock – Getting Started page (if this page displays).
   • Click the key icon near the top left to open the Accounts and Services sidebar, then click TinyPic, and log in.
     
3. Click the Open Photo Uploader icon . The Photo Uploader displays:
4. Drag images from the flock browser to the Photo tab. Or, click Choose Photos at the top left to choose images from your computer.
5. Select the account to which you want to upload photos using the drop-down list at the bottom right. If you have only logged into your TinyPic account, that is the only account that you can choose.
6. Click Upload, and choose your upload settings.
7. Click Upload. Your selections are uploaded to your TinyPic account.
8. Click Open the Mediabar to show the mediabar and your new uploads. Click back to uploader to upload more images.
   

Yeah, the elections may be over and if you missed out or you just miss being able to vote you now have another opportunity. Mashable is hosting an Open Web Awards poll which allows you to vote for your favorite photo sharing site. I think Tinypic should win.

If you do to then please go to the site below and cast your vote! When you get to the page you will be able to select the category (photo sharing) and add the company (Tinypic).

Thanks.

Vote for Tinypic in the Open Web Awards

Nope. Thumbplay is not a game (I did think “one, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war.” Then I Googled thumb war and found Thumb Wars!)

Thumbplay is a company that aggregates, promotes, and delivers mobile content directly to members via Thumbplay.com. The site offers music, ringtones, videos, games and graphics through a membership-based, community experience. Kind of like TinyPic.

And now, TinyPic has partnered with Thumbplay so that you can upload images from TinyPic to your mobile phone.

For example, how do you get the perfect picture mobile?

1. Go to tinypic.com.
2. Open the image that you want to send to your mobile phone.
3. Click Send to Mobile in the Tools or Your Toolbox menu. A Download page displays.
4. Enter your mobile number.
5. Select the checkbox to agree to the Thumbplay terms and conditions.
6. Click text me for step 2. The next instruction is texted to your phone.
7. Respond to the text with “y” to accept the picture. Your picture is now available on your phone.

Usually I hear the fire trucks go by and barely pay any attention to them since they are either driving somewhere far away, false alarm, or some medical emergency it seems. Well today was different. There were a large number of trucks screaming by the TinyPic offices. This time when I looked out I saw them stop near the building near us that just happened to have a large amount of black smoke billowing out the side of it. This is new.

Check out some of the picture taken from both a digital camera and cell phone:

Not to worry! TinyFx isn’t gone…it’s just relocated. As a TinyPic member, you can still create TinyFx using your images. But on the Home page, the TinyFx option has been replaced with a Categories option.

The Home page displays Featured Categories of images and videos. Click Categories at the top, or click More>> to the right of the Featured Categories title to see all the TinyPic categories. Each category has a headline image and a list of sub-categories. Click the magnifying glass icon in the corner of a headline image to view that specific image.

I just love that word. “Gigya!” It makes me think of Glen Quagmire (giggity) on Family Guy® and Kramer (giddy up!) on Seinfeld. But really, Gigya is a company that provides free Wildfire technology for sharing and tracking your company’s widget. The Wildfire technology supports more than 50 destinations, including:

• Social networks, including Facebook
• Blog platforms
• Start pages
• Desktops

Which is why we are using it on TinyPic! Gigya allows you to post images and videos to a multitude of sites or email images and videos to a host of your friends.

1. Go to http://tinypic.com, and choose the image or video you want to share or post. Log into your account if you want to use your own content. Below Tools or Your Toolbox on the left, you can see the Gigya widget:
   
2. Choose the location to which you want to post the selected content, or click the Email link to email the content.
3. Follow the instructions for your selected option.

There you go! Nice feature, isn’t it? The better news is that you can use Gigya within videos that you play on TinyPic! So, let’s say you are watching a video on TinyPic. Click the hyperlink icon at the bottom. The Gigya options display, and you can post, bookmark, or email the video, as well as copy the code if you want to embed it in your own web page!

I uploaded all of these from my phone to my Tinypic account this afternoon.
My Album of Pics walking around the DNC in Denver

Find more fun images at http://tinypic.com/categories

Making what? Tiny Effects! As in, special effects for the images you upload on TinyPic. The TinyFx feature from Flektor lets you add all sorts of special effects to your images. The special effects you can add change from time-to-time, but they include fun stuff like mug shots, floating hearts, a dance beat, a motivational poster…the list goes on.

Some effects are seasonal. For example, the option to add shamrocks to a photo may only be around in the month of March, for St. Patrick’s Day. However, the more popular a special effect is, the more likely it will remain in the line-up.

But, why? Why would you want to make TinyFx from your images? Well, you might be bored. Thinking about how much you love your dog. Hey. You DO love your dog (cat, bird, snake—insert appropriate animal, vegetable, or mineral). And you have a great pic of your dog that could only be improved upon if it had floating hearts or was used in a motivational pic.

Yea! Now you have a reason to create a TinyFx

1. Sign into your TinyPic account, and find that pic of your dog.
2. Click the image on your Home or Your Stuff page, then click Add TinyFx in Your Toolbox.
3. Pick an effect. (Well, you love your dog, but forget hearts. Your dog needs KISSES!)
4. Customize your effect. Not all effects are customizable, but if you choose Kisses, you can customize the number of kisses, the size of the kisses, the delay between kisses, the opacity of the kisses, the opacity of the glow on the image, and the lipstick color for the kisses.
5. Adjust the position and size of your image.
6. Click Save & Share! when your special effects are complete. Now you can share your TinyFx with everyone else who loves your dog!