Week 3 - Snipshot

And this one was also easy to use.

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Week 3 - pixer

This image was done in Pixer. Also easy to use, you just have to save to pc.







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Week 3 - Picnik Bird in a Basket

Bird in a Basket
Originally uploaded by me

I've just played with picnik a little bit. I seems easy to use and does a good job. Will try the others.

Week 3 - APIs, mashups, etc.

Just looking at some of the different things people have done, I don't see much of interest to me. I found a jigsaw puzzle site that pulls pix from Flickr, and Tagnautica is weird and an easy way to kill more time than one should. Anyway, just some comments.

Week 3 - Flickr mashups, etc

I hadn't used mashups much before this and I haven't gotten thru all of them, but of the ones on the page, I like trippermap. Being able to post pix is kind of fun. Didn't really see the point of Colr Pickr. Trip Planner is fun to daydream with. If traveling, it would be fun to journal a trip and post pix as you went along. I would have liked the trading card site except you had to give permission for the site to access your private pix as well as the one you were using and I didn't want to do that. I'll find a different way to do that. I have used my READ poster as one trading card.

An experiment based on another blog

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Week 3 Flickr

I'm doing this all out of order. I've had a Flickr account for awhile, plus I work with the branch account. So I'm familiar with uploading, posting, putting into sets and collections.

Week 3 - Pix, first thoughts

OK, I have done the posting from Flickr. I left thoughts about my problems on a previous post. I really think there should have been better instructions on linking the Flickr account to the Blogger account from Flickr.
OK, rant over.

Liberty Belle B-17

Liberty Belle B-17
Originally uploaded by scallen

Finally figured out how to post from Flickr to my blog account. There really should be more information on setting up the link between Flickr and Blogger. I do fairly well with things and I spent time looking on help screens, etc. before I found the item that said you had to get permission and then how to get permission. Much of this will not be obvious to newbies.





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B-17 Liberty Belle

Visited Hooks Airport.

I was having problems uploading from Flickr, so this was done from my pc.

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Online Safety

I try not to use any identifying information about myself. When I sign up for websites, I will use initials and my last name, which is fairly common. If I have to give an email address or snail address, I have multiple accounts and one or two that I use for possible junk mail and I use a PO box if they require a street address.
I don't like the idea of putting much info about myself out there. Other blogs I have I keep private and every so often check to make sure they don't show up on a search. Same with my Flickr account. Only a few public type photos are out for everyone. Most are restricted to friends/family.
If I talk about work or people I know, I use initials or made up names just in case someone finds my account.
I see alot of kids putting up all kinds of info and wonder how much is going to come back to haunt them.
If I am helping someone register or get email or whatever, I will usually suggest using initials instead of first names, etc. Also, if someone is setting up an email for resume or business purposes, I will suggest that what they choose for an email name is not too weird or off the wall that might put a business off from hiring them.
Back to the original - I do try to be very careful about what I put online.

Setting up

I'm setting up this blog a week early because I will be on vacation next week. I have other blogs, but not anything I want to share.