Search Crystal: My Life Laid Out in Photos On The Web

That's the shareable output from searchCrystal it's an ego search on the term "Beth Kanter."

Here's how the site defines it:

is a search visualization tool that enables you to compare, remix and share results from the best web, image, video, blog, tagging, news engines or RSS feeds. You can embed searchCrystal as a Widget on your site or blog to share personalized crystals with your friends. You can also use it to find out what is popular on Wikipedia or use the Search Analytics Toolbox in your browser. searchCrystal enables you to see the big picture, gain new insights and interact with search results in new ways. You can explore and filter 50 - 500 web pages, images, videos, blogs in a single display that guides you toward relevant information in a structured way. searchCrystal offers you a powerful competitive intelligence tool

I think this tool would be really useful for me because I am always searching for visual images for screencasts and presentations  I have to play with it some more, but I wonder if I hone the search so it only shows me Creative Commons licensed images and adds the attribution.

Comments

[Anselm]

Beth, thank you for this great post about searchCrystal (i'm one of the developers of this tool :)
In terms of "Creative Commons licensed" images, this will be easier to achieve for Flickr images since that data is made explicit; not sure how to do for other image sources. Suggestions?