I’ve been quite diligent about tagging my photos, though with so many, even the “favorites” are up to 189 photos. So I finally went through those and tried to pick about 20 of my “best“. It’s all based on my opinion, of course, but nominations to add/delete any of them are welcome.
It’s also interesting to look at the most viewed photos as an exercise in popularity versus quality. Most of the heavily viewed photos come from search results for technical topics I’ve documented; eliminating those lets more”real” photos rise to the top, though still only a few I’d consider really good shots.
With an audience of search engine users instead of photography buffs, passive metrics like view counts aren’t as useful as they are for Flickr’s interestingness measure. It also affirms my decision to skip a ratings system. As I’ve noticed with some sites at work, low traffic and participation don’t make enough of a difference between the signal and the noise, and a single active user can control up to 10% of the votes. (Just one of the many ways in which I manipulate the corporate machine 
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del.icio.us/mbotos
