Thing #7 Online Image Generators

I am tired and am starting to feel like this window:)

So I read the directions for Thing #7 and decided to go back and get my stained glass puzzle by right clicking it and saving the picture - why didn't I think of that?

I'm going to come back to this post after I get some of my photos from Kodak. I took some nice ones of the Hudson River and the Rockefeller Estate in the fall when the leaves were changing. I also took some in Feb of the Vanderbilt Mansion that I think would do. I can see I may lose time here!

These are some pictures I've taken on vacations to Washington DC, the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in FL and the Rockefeller Mansion in NY. It took forever to create the Mosaic in BigHugeLabs.com, but it turns out it was my fault. When I uploaded them I set permissions to private. Once I figured that out it was easier, but still time consuming to get the photos uploaded to Flickr. I have to say it is much quicker than Kodak. Anyway after all that work I hope someone enjoys looking at them!

Who says librarians aren't fun???

Thing #6 Flickr Mashups

I made a cool puzzle with one of my photos of stained glass windows, but when I tried to upload it a warning said


fd's Flickr Toys wants to link to your Flickr account.
You should not authorize fd's Flickr Toys unless you trust them with access to your account.
By authorizing this link, you'll allow the fd's Flickr Toys service to provide:
Access to your photostream (including private stuff)
Editing of your photo or video information via fd's Flickr Toys
Uploads to your Flickr account via fd's Flickr Toys

So I decided against it.
Still if I wanted to I could take photos of my nephews and nieces and give them each their own puzzle as a gift.
That's pretty cool. Although in this culture of customizing I don't know if it would be as cool to them as it would have been to me. They are used to seeing people's pitures on mugs and notepads and such. I still think it's cool.

How can you use any of these tools in your library or media center?
What do you think of sharing photos online?

I think these tools would be cool when dealing with teens inparticular. We can catch their attention for a minute.

Sharing photos online is great - even if it is just between family members and friends. I have an irrational fear of archival images being destroyed. Not having to worry about fire or flood ruining my family photos has been a relief.

Before this I gave each of my immediate family members a fire box for Christmas one year. Imagine their joy when I told them it was to preserve their photo negatives;)

I also keep our family photo albums and yearbooks by the front door in case we ever need to evacuate - maybe I could grab a few.

I wasn't always like this. Really I wasn't! But moving to FL and experiencing wildfires and hurricanes and trying to pack all of this stuff, 3 kids, my husband and the dog into a car makes me happy to have an online solution.

I'm sure we all have our foibles...right...right???

Thing #5 Flickr

How might you use Flickr in your library or media center?
Do you use Flickr or another photo hosting service? Which one? How does it compare to Flickr?
How do you feel about having your photos public (note that you can mark your Flickr photos private, too)--any concerns?



Most of my photos are in Kodak so I didn't have much to post to Flickr. Maybe I'll try to get some from Kodak in order to improve the look of my page. For now I just wanted to show myself I could do it:) Mission accomplished.
The process wasn't hard though it was time consuming and registering and giving private info still makes me shudder.
Also remembering passwords, user id's etc. is not my strong suit.
I did have a problem uploading one of my photos - but the site said,"BONK! One of your photos didn't upload. Do you want to try again?" So I clicked yes and it went through that time no problem.
I think the BONK made me smile instead of fret. I realized it wasn't a big deal, it happens adn it can be rectified. Good customer service on their part. If it had kept happening I think I would have wanted to BONK them;)
I really enjoy taking pictures though and although most of them include people, these days I'm taking more architecture and landscape shots. My sister is a great photographer and I try to learn from her style.
I wouldn't feel comfortable posting pics of people I know for public consumption. My father sometimes gets annoyed that I capture so much and upload it to Kodak to share with family and friends. Part of it is that I also am very into ancestry.com and documenting my family history. Many times when we talk he says - you don't have to email that to everyone.
Whenever my husband makes a face at me these days I tell him I'm going to take his picture and post it on my blog!