I went into Flickr and geotagged the 11 photos I uploaded. Turns out they were shot in 3 different locations. It's pretty cool to think someone can find my photos just because they were shot in an area they happen to be interested in. I checked out the map of the world and looked at Alaska, amazing scenery!
I am familiar with geocaching. I used to work on as a Divemaster on a scuba diving live-aboard sailboat. There was a piece on a shipwreck called the "Bimini Barge" just off the island of Bimini in the Bahamas. It was a pretty big deal because there was a pretty big prize and this piece was supposedly one of the hardest ones to get, since you had to breathe underwater to get it. The game was "geo"something. Geo Tag? Geo Hunt? Geo Metro?
Wow, I made it... and just under 12 hours. This was very educational, useful, helpful, spoonful for me. I'm looking forward to getting my photos on all of this stuff. Just have some editing and organizing to do.
I now have 24 Facebook friends. This is going to be trouble.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thing XV
I love podcasts! I subscribe to The Current Song of the Day, The Onion Headline of the Day, The Grateful Dead Concerts and a few others. They go right to my iPod and I love it.
This was a good Thing for me because I've been meaning to subscribe to one with RSS. I hooked up the "Common Man" from KFAN.
There are a few too many podcasts out there for me to really get into it and I don't see myself making my own.
This was a good Thing for me because I've been meaning to subscribe to one with RSS. I hooked up the "Common Man" from KFAN.
There are a few too many podcasts out there for me to really get into it and I don't see myself making my own.
Thing XIV
All the links led me to the same calculator, the "Research Project Calculator." This could be very useful to anyone faced with a deadline. I think I could benefit from this, it might help with my procrastination, see me doing Things at 12:30 in the morning. I typed my graduation date in the schedule and it came up with a nice time line with the first task to be done next week. The next task was due a month later and so on. I may leave this and start entering info to see how my last six months at Ai should go.
Thing XIII
1. I already use iGoogle and I really like it. I have a personalized scoreboard that shows the scores of my favorite teams. There a calender and movie time thing and other widgets that are fun and useful. I used to use it for my home page, now I use a blank page so I don't have to wait for loading.
2. My favorite tool is the weather widget.
3. I'm not real sure about online calendars. I already use iCal although it would be useful to access my calendar from other computers. I went with #1 in the article, Google Calendar. I already have a Google account so I can reduce the clutter. It's pretty much the same as iCal.
4. I signed up for remember the Milk and made a list of things I want to do during spring break. I have the same list on good old fashioed paper like I always have. This is one thing I don't think I'll go digital with. If I had to put money down I'd bet this online list will never get checked off, not because I didn't do the stuff but because I didn't log onto the site ever again.
5. I did not try out Backpack, I looked over it and it looks like it could be very useful - but not to me.
6. I took a look at Zamzar. I'm pretty excited about this. I love having a Mac but it's annoying when I can't open one my PC friend's stuff. Definitely bookmarked.
2. My favorite tool is the weather widget.
3. I'm not real sure about online calendars. I already use iCal although it would be useful to access my calendar from other computers. I went with #1 in the article, Google Calendar. I already have a Google account so I can reduce the clutter. It's pretty much the same as iCal.
4. I signed up for remember the Milk and made a list of things I want to do during spring break. I have the same list on good old fashioed paper like I always have. This is one thing I don't think I'll go digital with. If I had to put money down I'd bet this online list will never get checked off, not because I didn't do the stuff but because I didn't log onto the site ever again.
5. I did not try out Backpack, I looked over it and it looks like it could be very useful - but not to me.
6. I took a look at Zamzar. I'm pretty excited about this. I love having a Mac but it's annoying when I can't open one my PC friend's stuff. Definitely bookmarked.
Thing XII
I put some tags on my blogs. This is something I'm definitely accustomed to. Tags go on my images all the time; website, Flickr and Lightroom. The advantage to tagging is obviously to make your stuff easily accessible and the more tags the easier access.
I'm pretty excited about del.icio.us. My bookmarks are a mess and it will be awesome to organize them; photography, sports, networking, etc. I can also see the advantage this would have for research. I'm also looking forward to having my bookmarks at school.
I'm pretty excited about del.icio.us. My bookmarks are a mess and it will be awesome to organize them; photography, sports, networking, etc. I can also see the advantage this would have for research. I'm also looking forward to having my bookmarks at school.
Thing XI
I have heard about eFolio Minnesota and I think it's a great idea. I'm glad I'm on there, now I just need to enter my info and more pics. Here is my site with a photo in the work samples. I think this could be very helpful for potential employers to find me. It is definitely a great way to get your name out there and this is very informational with a formal appearance. It's nice that you can include info such as education and awards.
Thing X
I went to Big Huge Labs and used the Mosaic Maker and linked it to my Flickr photos. It would be much cooler if there were like 30 pics. There are a lot of really cool tools on there. Some could be useful others are just fun.
11strawberry_fizz, 2. 02necklace, 3. 06banana, 4. 08nancy&moriah, 5. 04liz, 6. 07plates, 7. 03harmonica, 8. 01engine, 9. 05pinkflower
11strawberry_fizz, 2. 02necklace, 3. 06banana, 4. 08nancy&moriah, 5. 04liz, 6. 07plates, 7. 03harmonica, 8. 01engine, 9. 05pinkflower
Thing IX
I joined Flickr a while ago for a class but never updated it. I have spent a lot of time looking at others' photos on the site though. I've been meaning to make use of all this sharing ability to get my photos out there. That was part of my motivation for doing 16 Things. Now I'll have it all set up, I just need to keep it updated. I also signed up for PicasaWeb. Smugmug was not free.
I uploaded some of my portfolio photos and tagged the strawberry with "16 Things." I think Flickr is great for the classroom. Some teachers at Ai have tried to implement it but it doesn't always stick, see my original account. It's also great for sharing pics with friends and family. As for having my photos public, it's good for me because I'll put my professional quality work out there and hope it gets noticed.
Thin VIII
I've seen Wikis around the net. They are useful because anyone can add to them but that of course brings up credibility. But how credible were our history books?
I signed up for PBWiki and created a wiki. I can see how useful wikis can be for education and business. I don't see any personal use for this right now.
As for teachers "banning" Wikipedia, I think it's the right thing to do. Not because some crazy person might have written something but because it is a very lazy way to do your research.
I signed up for PBWiki and created a wiki. I can see how useful wikis can be for education and business. I don't see any personal use for this right now.
As for teachers "banning" Wikipedia, I think it's the right thing to do. Not because some crazy person might have written something but because it is a very lazy way to do your research.
Thing VII
This one's a little over my head. Since I don't have time for invites I just signed up for Zoho and created and published a public document. I also emailed it but I just realized the link won't work.
So I could see this being useful to share files. Right now I can think of a good use for it, NCAA brackets pool spreadsheets. For myself professionally I could see this being useful for uploading photos for someone else to add graphics or copy.
I think the Founding Fathers would be a bit overwhelmed... by the amount of porn.
So I could see this being useful to share files. Right now I can think of a good use for it, NCAA brackets pool spreadsheets. For myself professionally I could see this being useful for uploading photos for someone else to add graphics or copy.
I think the Founding Fathers would be a bit overwhelmed... by the amount of porn.
Thing VI
I've seen Digg and Reddit on lots of sites before and now I know what they are. I signed up for both and posted an article about Fargo on Reddit. I chose Reddit because I like the idea of Karma points. I'm not sure how much I'll use this one either. I just don't spend that much time online.
This could be a very useful tool. You can search the site for whatever you're looking for and see what others think about it. Credibility becomes an issue with this. You have to remember that people's opinions are just that, opinions. Also the stories that are linked may not be credible. That has to be determined just like anything else on the web, you need to research the site and determine if it's legit. I posted from the New York Times.
I've been using StumbleUpon for a while now. I really like it when I'm bored in front of my internet machine. When you join you select all your interests and and when you hit the button it randomly loads a site. About 90% of the time it is very interesting and something I've not seen before.
This could be a very useful tool. You can search the site for whatever you're looking for and see what others think about it. Credibility becomes an issue with this. You have to remember that people's opinions are just that, opinions. Also the stories that are linked may not be credible. That has to be determined just like anything else on the web, you need to research the site and determine if it's legit. I posted from the New York Times.
I've been using StumbleUpon for a while now. I really like it when I'm bored in front of my internet machine. When you join you select all your interests and and when you hit the button it randomly loads a site. About 90% of the time it is very interesting and something I've not seen before.
Thing V
I signed up for both Twitter and Plurk. For some reason neither one was able to find friends through my email. It worked for the other stuff I signed up for but Plurk said there was a problem trying to access my account and Twitter showed a message that could have meant it couldn't access my account or there were no people on Twitter in there, it was vague.
Doesn't really matter anyway. I don't see myself using this. Facebook does basically the same thing and there is no way I'm going to log in to all these different things to keep them updated. I am glad I'm checking them all out to see what I'll like and dislike.
I could see this being useful to keep people updated, especially since you can do it from your phone. I'll definitely keep this in mind in case I have a need for it in the future.
Doesn't really matter anyway. I don't see myself using this. Facebook does basically the same thing and there is no way I'm going to log in to all these different things to keep them updated. I am glad I'm checking them all out to see what I'll like and dislike.
I could see this being useful to keep people updated, especially since you can do it from your phone. I'll definitely keep this in mind in case I have a need for it in the future.
Thing IV
Yikes, now I understand how people spend so much time online with this stuff. I signed up for Facebook, added friends and two hours later I was still chatting.
So I signed up for all four; Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Plaxo. I had contacts on all four of them, most on Facebook. I spent time to add some photos to Facebook and will go back to the other three later to add photos and information.
I think these will all be good places to get my work out there. Hopefully the professional networking will pay off. I don't see finding work through social networking but it is always good to get others seeing your stuff.
So I signed up for all four; Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Plaxo. I had contacts on all four of them, most on Facebook. I spent time to add some photos to Facebook and will go back to the other three later to add photos and information.
I think these will all be good places to get my work out there. Hopefully the professional networking will pay off. I don't see finding work through social networking but it is always good to get others seeing your stuff.
Thing III
Well I'm back. The deadline for 16 Things is tomorrow so I'll see if I can finish this by then.
This thing was easy. I've been using my OLS account since I started at Ai. I immediately forwarded my email to my hotmail account and that has been very helpful to keep in touch with school announcements and stuff like 16 Things. I have used the OLS quite extensively for finding student and faculty email, checking my audit and grades (already got two for this quarter today) and I even use the web space. I had to publish a website for a class this quarter and my LiveBooks was not uploaded in time so I made a LightRoom web gallery. If you go to the site look at the strawberry. I received the Dean's Award for this photo and I found out about the award through my forwarded OLS email.
This thing was easy. I've been using my OLS account since I started at Ai. I immediately forwarded my email to my hotmail account and that has been very helpful to keep in touch with school announcements and stuff like 16 Things. I have used the OLS quite extensively for finding student and faculty email, checking my audit and grades (already got two for this quarter today) and I even use the web space. I had to publish a website for a class this quarter and my LiveBooks was not uploaded in time so I made a LightRoom web gallery. If you go to the site look at the strawberry. I received the Dean's Award for this photo and I found out about the award through my forwarded OLS email.
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