Flickr is a photo management service that people use to share their photographs with the world. I uploaded a few photos from Brookside Gardens as a test. I'll try adding additional photos of "my favorite tree" over several months and should end up with an album of the changing seasons in Maryland.
One feature Flickr offers is the ability to map and tag your photos. I suppose if I were really interested, I could search for other photos of trees all over the country (or world). Maybe I'll do that in my spare time.
If you're wondering what my favorite tree looks like...click the link.
Another photo sharing site is the 365 Project. The site is a place to document a year of your life in photographs. An interesting concept ... perhaps a better place for my tree photos. Photos are easily shared via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and others.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Journey Begins
In reality, the 23 things journey began months ago, when I began an experimental and experiential blog called One a Day. What I neglected to do was follow the training instructions and register the blog with Kate T. Soooo here we go with thing #1.
A word about learning style. While I love experimenting with the computer and new applications, when there is a specific purpose, or desired outcome, I like to learn from a knowledgeable person...can be in a classroom, with a book, or a video recording. Somebody give me some guidance 'cause I don't want to screw it up. I actually read the instructions before trying to assemble a piece of furniture, though I've been told that instructions are for wimps. Put a big ole W on my forehead, because I don't want any extra pieces left when I finish. Makes me worry it's all going to collapse for lack of that screw. Has anyone noticed that everything seems to require assembly these days? I bought a vacuum cleaner recently and it required assembly. What's up with that?
Oops. Where was I? Blogs and blogging. If you'd like a little help navigating the myriad options for blogging, check out Elizabeth Castro's Publishing a Blog with Blogger. [I was going to try and insert a link to this title in the MCPL catalog here ... but it appears the catalog is down right now. Another missed opportunity to promote the library's resources] She covers the basics of creating, editing, personalizing, and publicizing your blog, and defines and describes features included with Blogger such as templates and gadgets. Castro's book provides lots of ideas for personalizing your blog. She has created a website for the book which attempts to keep track of updates and additions made to Blogger.
A word about learning style. While I love experimenting with the computer and new applications, when there is a specific purpose, or desired outcome, I like to learn from a knowledgeable person...can be in a classroom, with a book, or a video recording. Somebody give me some guidance 'cause I don't want to screw it up. I actually read the instructions before trying to assemble a piece of furniture, though I've been told that instructions are for wimps. Put a big ole W on my forehead, because I don't want any extra pieces left when I finish. Makes me worry it's all going to collapse for lack of that screw. Has anyone noticed that everything seems to require assembly these days? I bought a vacuum cleaner recently and it required assembly. What's up with that?
Oops. Where was I? Blogs and blogging. If you'd like a little help navigating the myriad options for blogging, check out Elizabeth Castro's Publishing a Blog with Blogger. [I was going to try and insert a link to this title in the MCPL catalog here ... but it appears the catalog is down right now. Another missed opportunity to promote the library's resources] She covers the basics of creating, editing, personalizing, and publicizing your blog, and defines and describes features included with Blogger such as templates and gadgets. Castro's book provides lots of ideas for personalizing your blog. She has created a website for the book which attempts to keep track of updates and additions made to Blogger.
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