I love playing with flickr mashups. I google Flickr mashups because honestly, I did not have a clue what a mashup was (and still at this moment, only understand that it is when you put two things together that normally wouldn't be) and got a hit back about "Ten Best Flickr Mashups." From here, I found Retrievr, Fastr, Colr Pickr and FlickrFling. I love 'em!!
Retrievr is so cool! You draw a picture, yes, draw and Retrievr fetches pictures that resemble what you drew. It's too much fun! Colr Pickr brings pictures to you that present an overall color that you pick, ranges and shades, light to dark. It is an awesome tool if you are creating an image made of images. FlickrFling takes headlines and finds pictures from Flickr with a tag that matches the stories. Word by word, images appear over the text of the story.
But my favorite is Fastr! It's an awesome guessing game where eight to ten pictures appear and you have to guess which tag is common to all of them. The quicker you guess the right answer, the more points you get. It is totally awesome, though I wish it would move on to a new challenge when you guess right.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
Starting iHCPL's 23 Things
I am starting this program early mostly because it is fun and informative. I have already tried things that I wouldn't have even thought of trying before.
While I already have two blogs, I had never thought of trying Flickr, Twitter, or image generators before I heard about the 23 things. I have to admit that I am a very hands-on kind of learner when it comes to technology. I have tried to read about it, but I generally fall asleep an embarrassing short way into the books, but give me a computer and a little help when I get stuck and I am on my way.
I firmly believe that I will be learning new things even when I am very old.
I know grown-ups who refuse to even attempt to try using the computer, whether because they are afraid they will never master it or because they are embarrassed that there is something that they don't know how to do and have to ask about. I know people who insist on someone else doing simple things that they could do for themselves, if only they would take the time to ask about and then try. I even have to admit that I am related to a few.
I think it is amazing the things that computer geniuses come up with and I thank goodness that they understand how to create them and then, perhaps harder to do, explain to me how to use their creations.
I find that sitting through a lecture is getting harder and harder for me to learn by the older I get. I get distracted, doodle and just generally stop paying attention to what I am supposed to be learning. But just doing something is just as hard. I still need the guidance as I attempt to complete a task, though how much depends on what the task is.
Keeping myself organized while I learn is definitely the hardest thing I saw on the slide show. I am terrible at it and struggle with organization in everything. I think it has a lot to do with my wide interests. I want to learn a little about everything, not everything about little things. (Barbara Sher calls it being a "scanner"I have a tendency to bounce from subject to subject. Like the ukelele, learning German, and sometimes even playing tennis, which is a short list of the things I have started to learn about.
But, hey, I am learning how to organize better, which is good. Find a weakness and learn how to improve until it isn't a weakness anymore.
While I already have two blogs, I had never thought of trying Flickr, Twitter, or image generators before I heard about the 23 things. I have to admit that I am a very hands-on kind of learner when it comes to technology. I have tried to read about it, but I generally fall asleep an embarrassing short way into the books, but give me a computer and a little help when I get stuck and I am on my way.
I firmly believe that I will be learning new things even when I am very old.
I know grown-ups who refuse to even attempt to try using the computer, whether because they are afraid they will never master it or because they are embarrassed that there is something that they don't know how to do and have to ask about. I know people who insist on someone else doing simple things that they could do for themselves, if only they would take the time to ask about and then try. I even have to admit that I am related to a few.
I think it is amazing the things that computer geniuses come up with and I thank goodness that they understand how to create them and then, perhaps harder to do, explain to me how to use their creations.
I find that sitting through a lecture is getting harder and harder for me to learn by the older I get. I get distracted, doodle and just generally stop paying attention to what I am supposed to be learning. But just doing something is just as hard. I still need the guidance as I attempt to complete a task, though how much depends on what the task is.
Keeping myself organized while I learn is definitely the hardest thing I saw on the slide show. I am terrible at it and struggle with organization in everything. I think it has a lot to do with my wide interests. I want to learn a little about everything, not everything about little things. (Barbara Sher calls it being a "scanner"I have a tendency to bounce from subject to subject. Like the ukelele, learning German, and sometimes even playing tennis, which is a short list of the things I have started to learn about.
But, hey, I am learning how to organize better, which is good. Find a weakness and learn how to improve until it isn't a weakness anymore.
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