Take a look at this post from Flickr guru Heather Champ. This post provides the right mix of information for the aspiring photographer and all-around cool things to look at for those new to Flickr. Champ links to various photo sets from members, searches for new pictures tagged with a specific phrase, and provides a link to a Newsweek article touting the latest Flickr tool, geo tagging.

Some of my favorite posts are the Flickr Samplrs, a collection of eye-catching photos from members. A feature like this helps showcase what makes the site unique and might even introduce someone to a new photographer to add as a contact. There's a lot to look at in Flickr, and this feature helps the site promote itself right there on the blog.

I started reading Flickr's blog not too long ago when I found out they posted about new tricks and tips with outside tools, such as fd's Flickr Toys. I found out about geo tagging right away and started applying the tags to my own photos.

Flickr's blog could have a very corporate tone to it: site updates, news from "officials" or just press mentions, but it doesn't. Instead, it has an extremely relaxed feel about it, just like Flickr itself.