Week 5: Play Week Break!!

I had to post this photo (I am having just too much fun searching Flickr for squirrel photos.) The photo was titled "Squirrels Play".

Next task, creating an Avatar!

Week # 3, Thing # 6: A Great Flickr Image

I found this on Flickr-must have been made by a 3rd party tool. My favorite things: libraries, squirrels, and protecting books from censorship!

I'd better move on to Week 3, Thing # 7 now....too much time on Flickr!

Week 3, Thing #5, Exercise A: Explore Flickr Photo

Squirrels on Flickr!!!!

Title: "Party on the Patio". Title: "Wasted Away in Margaritaville".

Title: "Wired".

Well, I am clearly NOT the only one who appreciates squirrels as I found hundreds of photos through a Flickr search. You can see by the titles that people are having way too much fun! I could have spent much more time scrolling through the photo list. The tags came in handy. Looking through the photos, it is evident that people are being very creative and funny not only for their own amusement, but for the amusement of others as well.

I used the photo upload tool in Blogger after I saved the photos to my desktop. I have to practice more with positioning and sizing the photos in a blog posting.

Week 3, Thing #5: Flickr!

Of course, the squirrel is not using a digital camera as he is a bit behind the technology curve!

I just started to explore Flickr, and it is amazing how many people are using this site. I don't own a digital camera, so have only seen Flickr on other people's blogs. The abiltiy to create "virtual photo albums" and create groups (maybe made up of family members or friends) as a way to to share these photos is really cool. Tagging the photos is a great way to organize the photos for easier access, but can also be a clever or artistic way to describe them to entertain the photographer or the viewers. Allowing friends or family members into your group allows them to add tags, and this could be a great way to ensure that memories are captured, as additional tags might jog specific memories associated with a particular photo. The use of Flickr by libraries is very interesting. I found a site from my college, Vanderbilt University, with photos of the new libraries that provided a virtual tour. Allegheny County has an account with SRP photos, etc. Many of these library sites are using Flickr like a blog-a blog that is focused on photographs instead of text (although people do add comments to the "discuss" section). This is what stands out with library usage that I see. Flickr is being used as a visual blog.

I really liked the "Library Artworks" group, a place for the display of art in libraries.