Ok so I've had a look at Flickr, uploaded a picture to my blog and had a play around with uploading pictures to both Twitter and Flickr to see the connections there.
I like the idea of there being an online photo gallery like Flickr. Picking and choosing who can and can't see your pictures is a nice touch and having albums that say, your whole family can add to is pretty nice too. It means that if, for example, you and a friend go on holiday, only one of you need to set up the photo album but you can both upload to it. Much better than adding them to facebook for example.
I also like the way that you can use Flickr to add a little slideshow to your other websites. You can see this being done on professional websites all the time so being able to add something similar to my own is pretty sweet :)
As with most photo sharing technology, Flickr has an app for mobile phones which means that pictures can be uploaded within seconds of them being taken which is pretty handy: you can share things with people almost as theyre happening.
On a non-personal use basis, I also like the way that certain internation bodies have got albums and accounts with Flickr that show you what they're doing. For example, the NASA Goddard Photo Stream contains some beautiful photos that I otherwise wouldn't have seen.
The last aspect of Flickr that I was quite taken by was the community forums/App Garden where users are able to share apps that they have developed to work in conjunction with Flickr. This is a very nice approach for Flickr to take with user submitted ideas.
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Friday, 11 May 2012
technorati eh?
"The answer to the first question is that you’re blog is probably already being captured by Technorati due to the fact that your already using Blogger, the most popular blogging tool."
That's a scary thought! Well, I suppose everything you put online is going to end up somewhere being viewed by someone but being told about it makes it all very real.
Tagging things in Technorati isn't as easy as I would have hoped: HTML is not my strong point. I like the apple way of thinking: make it obvious and clickable! Code is beyond me!
It's pretty entertaining in it's own way to see what is listed as popular on the site: the alphabetised lists defo come in handy and allow you to browse different areas too :) I also liked the State of the Blogosphere blog which "chronicles the rise and evolution of the Blogosphere as we know it. Since 2004 we've seen explosive growth and maturing of this new arm of the fourth estate"
That's a scary thought! Well, I suppose everything you put online is going to end up somewhere being viewed by someone but being told about it makes it all very real.
Tagging things in Technorati isn't as easy as I would have hoped: HTML is not my strong point. I like the apple way of thinking: make it obvious and clickable! Code is beyond me!
It's pretty entertaining in it's own way to see what is listed as popular on the site: the alphabetised lists defo come in handy and allow you to browse different areas too :) I also liked the State of the Blogosphere blog which "chronicles the rise and evolution of the Blogosphere as we know it. Since 2004 we've seen explosive growth and maturing of this new arm of the fourth estate"
Friday, 4 May 2012
Delicious or just a bit tasty?
Ok so in my allotted time for this course I've gone thru quite a bit today so I figured I'd go onto the next section which looks at Del.icio.us and tagging.
I've watched a tutorial video (although not the one linked on the site) and logged on using the generic account. I'm surprised by how much I like the site and the idea of creating quick and easy bookmarks/tags.
I had a look at some of the frequently visited bookmarks through the generic account and have had a look through other areas that interest me on a personal level.
It seems overall like a pretty clever way of linking up different aspects and things you like and are interested in to put them all in the same place. Clever :)
I've watched a tutorial video (although not the one linked on the site) and logged on using the generic account. I'm surprised by how much I like the site and the idea of creating quick and easy bookmarks/tags.
I had a look at some of the frequently visited bookmarks through the generic account and have had a look through other areas that interest me on a personal level.
It seems overall like a pretty clever way of linking up different aspects and things you like and are interested in to put them all in the same place. Clever :)
Message boards
Ok so as part of week three of this course I have set up a profile and submitted some comments on Sheffield Forum which is a local message board. I have read about the Abe message board and am fully aware of what they are for etc but decided to actually submit an spend time navigating my way around the Sheffield Forum because it was of more interest to me.
It's pretty good really! You can find out all kinds of crazy things about Sheffield and the surrounding area as well as promote your business, buy and sell things, ask for opinions and read reviews... there's quite a lot going on! Here is a link to the message board: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/
The course recoemmnded starting a MySpace account but the PCs in our library don't allow access to social networking. However, I have a Facebook account which I use in my own time so am aware of what they are and how they work. I can however, understand why access to these sites is restricted in libraries and schools. The majority of students at my place of work are 16+ and use these sites to interact with friends/family etc about social events. Before these sites were banned, students would come into the library, log on to facebook and stay on there for as long as possible meaning that the Pcs were in use but not being used for work. BAD TIMES.
Since banning social networking, we have fewer problems with patrolling and policing what the students are doing: games are instantly banned but occurances of students playing these reduces dramatically as the academic year goes on.
It's pretty good really! You can find out all kinds of crazy things about Sheffield and the surrounding area as well as promote your business, buy and sell things, ask for opinions and read reviews... there's quite a lot going on! Here is a link to the message board: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/
The course recoemmnded starting a MySpace account but the PCs in our library don't allow access to social networking. However, I have a Facebook account which I use in my own time so am aware of what they are and how they work. I can however, understand why access to these sites is restricted in libraries and schools. The majority of students at my place of work are 16+ and use these sites to interact with friends/family etc about social events. Before these sites were banned, students would come into the library, log on to facebook and stay on there for as long as possible meaning that the Pcs were in use but not being used for work. BAD TIMES.
Since banning social networking, we have fewer problems with patrolling and policing what the students are doing: games are instantly banned but occurances of students playing these reduces dramatically as the academic year goes on.
Friday, 27 April 2012
WIKIS eh?
So... after looking at some of the recommended websites, I have discovered a wealth of information about wikis. I know what they are, why they exist and also, how dull some of them can be!
The idea of wikis seems pretty intrinsic to the whole ethos behind the internet itself: people can publish information on whatever subject they desire for either everyone (or selected people) to be able to see. It's about sharing information, personal experience, opinions... whatever you like! The fact that some wikis are relatively unregulated scares me a little and the thought that some people may use them as a source of fact is disquieting. I've often seen many students using Wikipedia as the first port of call when researching a subject and they assume everything that they read on there is fact.
Speaking of wikipedia: the thing that bothers me is that etymologically speaking, "wikipedia" is obviously derived from the word encyclopaedia but this can be broken down in "cycle of learning for children". Wiki, meaning "open-community" or "user submitted" added to the suffic "paedia" means "user submitted children".
I wish people would look into things a little better before naming them incorrectly...
The idea of wikis seems pretty intrinsic to the whole ethos behind the internet itself: people can publish information on whatever subject they desire for either everyone (or selected people) to be able to see. It's about sharing information, personal experience, opinions... whatever you like! The fact that some wikis are relatively unregulated scares me a little and the thought that some people may use them as a source of fact is disquieting. I've often seen many students using Wikipedia as the first port of call when researching a subject and they assume everything that they read on there is fact.
Speaking of wikipedia: the thing that bothers me is that etymologically speaking, "wikipedia" is obviously derived from the word encyclopaedia but this can be broken down in "cycle of learning for children". Wiki, meaning "open-community" or "user submitted" added to the suffic "paedia" means "user submitted children".
I wish people would look into things a little better before naming them incorrectly...
Okay so day two (although technically many weeks have passed since my last update on here. Damn you Easter holidays!)
I'm finding the RSS stuff a bit of a drag: I understand what they are and why they're useful, I just can't seem to set up live feeds where I want them to be. Perhaps a bacon sandwich will assist my thinking process...
I'm finding the RSS stuff a bit of a drag: I understand what they are and why they're useful, I just can't seem to set up live feeds where I want them to be. Perhaps a bacon sandwich will assist my thinking process...
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