Flickr Fun!

I'm on!! Now let's compare. Snapfish was the first web-based photo organization system that I used in an effort to share my photos. I've lost touch with it. I probably didn't attempt to utilize it's full features. Not much of a comparison I suppose. Let me try harder. Everything was by albums. Which was usually organized by date- by me anyway. Oh, difference- the first thing I noticed about Flickr- you can't edit those photos once you have loaded them! Yikes! Sorry for the sideways stuff! Although it was always so slow using Snapfish, I did edit them that way quite often- usually just rotating them and maybe re-ordering them. As far as organization in Flickr goes, I need to experiment more. I tried to mark favorites, but it appears you can only do that with other people's photos... I did like the ability to share your photos with anyway and, of course, see anyone else's on Flickr. I like the sharing concept. Tagging is different. I'm still considering the usefulness of tagging for me personally. I compare it to indexing of course as a librarian. But my photos are usually pretty well organized already... Oh that reminds me of another computer photo organization system I've used- Memory Manager by Creative Memories. Of course, that is more of a personal thing- not a sharing thing. Which is usually what I'm doing with my pictures because they are usually of family! I'm not so sure about putting my family out there on the net for anyone to see and/or use! Well, I could go on and on, but I that's less time to play....

Web 2.0 and library 2.0

Wow. Am I ever overwhelmed. I didn't even realize there was a library 2.0. I mean, I knew things were changing- and A LOT- but 2.0 huh? That's big. People ask me what I think is going happen to libraries with more computers in schools. Well, ha! Here's your answer- never underestimate a librarian's ability to adapt! I am truly fascinated by learning these concepts. And excited- because I get so frustrated with monopolistic companies like Microsoft. I am so glad that we are finding a way to outperform them. I really like the idea of developers needing to recognize our intelligence as well. MAYBE- if we're lucky- it'll lead to more intelligent people overall...

New blog for 23 things

Just realized I can't use my old one!