Part of this week’s class assignment required creating a
Photostream on Flickr containing images I created with Web 2.0 as a theme. I know I’m weird, but I love Microsoft
Paint. I’m especially thrilled with the recent
changes to it that expanded its capabilities so I used it to create my
images. My images are very primitive,
but I like them, and they express my thoughts and feelings about Web 2.0.
Since I had never used Flickr before, I was expecting to
have a little trouble with it. Signing
up for an account was painless. The only
hiccup I had was after selecting my pictures, describing them, and picking out
a few tags for each of them I thought I was finished. I clicked off the page and nothing was
saved. I did not have anything in my
Photostream. I was confused so I started
over from step one. Once I was back into
the Upload screen I immediate saw what I had missed before. There is an Upload Photo button. Duh!
After reselecting my images, describing them again, and yet again
tagging them, I clicked the button that read “Upload 3 Photos” and BAM! I had a
Photostream. It was easy!
I think I could talking my 80 year old dad through doing this,
and I probably should. He has so many
images on his computer, he can never find anything. This would be a great way for him to back
them up, organize them, and then share them.
He figured out how to share photos on Facebook by himself, and I think
Flickr is much easier.
I’m not much of picture taker. I had a prime chance last week to take a
picture of a bear eating berries in my side yard, but I did not even think of
it. Then just few days ago a humming
bird was checking out my window screen not four feet from me, but did I grab my
camera phone and take a picture? Of
course not. I do think to take pictures
of my grandsons, but that is about it.
Flickr may not be something I use, but my dad and daughter-in-law
are getting a crash course on it soon.
They both take a lot of picture of people and places I’d enjoy
seeing. Flickr is easy to learn, and
they give you a full terabyte of storage space.
I do not know how many pictures fit in a terabyte, but it is a lot!
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