I have always had a fondness for "RSS" since it is so close to my initials, but I never really knew what it was until today. It surprises me a little, since I think of myself as, for the most part, up to date on internet trends. At least I am not alone.
So I set up my bloglines account. Another account. Already I have two (or more) email addresses, a Facebook account, a MySpace account (and it looks like I will opening another), this blog, a flickr account, my online bank account, and, it seems, a million other places where I have to remember a login and password. Can I attach some of these places to bloglines and let it tell me what's new without my accounts growing stale?
While many people end up spending too much time on the internet checking all of these things I tend to go the other way and not get on at all because it takes too much time to check up on everything. Bloglines might be a time saver. I subscribed to the local weather and the local newspaper, and Entertainment Weekly's dailies which always clog up my email and just get deleted, and then had seven more to subscribe to finish this discover 2.0 assignment. Seven things I didn't know I was missing out on! In a way Bloglines might just be a more efficient way of wasting my time. Some more time with it will tell.
Meanwhile, in my feed from EW, I learned that many old movies are moving into the public domain and are now available legally on sights like Internet Archive where I just spend some time watching an old Felix cartoon, which streamed very smoothly. Over the weekend I tried to watch Pinocchio online at watch-movies.net and couldn't because it was so slow. Maybe that's a karma thing - I'm not sure about the legality of that site.
Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good about RSS, so on to the next thing!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Retrievr
I just spent some time looking through the flickr mashups. I wanted to browse through mappr, but everywhere I went linked me back to the same old page that only explained how it worked and didn't do anything at all. It's disappointing, because I thought that mashup sounded the best. Oh well; I went to retrievr and played with that instead. It says that it brings up pictures based on your drawing, and while it seems to take a little from shape, mostly I found that it brings up photos based on the color palette you use, which is cool too. I can see how that would be a pretty neat tool for a decorator. I also played briefly with flickr color pickr, but wasn't that impressed because all of the pictures it brings up are swirly photoshop style pictures, and not many that are of anything.
Now I am playing a hamster sudoku game that is fun.
Now I am playing a hamster sudoku game that is fun.
Flickr
I found this picture on flickr. I believe it was taken in good old Ridgefield, WA. The person who posted this picture has a lot of other really good ones from the refuge that are fun to look through.
I like flickr a lot. I think I may start using it for my pictures.
I like flickr a lot. I think I may start using it for my pictures.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Blog
Who would have thought that I would someday be paid to blog? Though I guess that's not what I'm being paid for - it's the training. Being paid to be a lifelong learner sure is fabulous as well, though.
I watched a lovely video presentation about the 7 1/2 habits of highly successful lifelong learners and am supposed to determine which of habit is hardest for me, and which is easiest. This is quite the self-reflective little task. I have decided that habit 1: begin with the end in mind is probably the most difficult, or the least natural for me. Generally I don't begin with the end in mind, I just start out and see how far I go. Later I might end up kicking myself for not going farther, say when I tried a semester of French, so setting out with certain goals is something that will make me a better learner. Habit 2: Accept responsibility for your own learning is probably my strongest learning habit, and this is probably why I have been so successful in school throughout my life. It may also be why I am already familiar with blogger and, though I have not done it for a year and a half, have three years of blogging experience under my belt. And now I'm getting paid to do it better. Fantastic!
I watched a lovely video presentation about the 7 1/2 habits of highly successful lifelong learners and am supposed to determine which of habit is hardest for me, and which is easiest. This is quite the self-reflective little task. I have decided that habit 1: begin with the end in mind is probably the most difficult, or the least natural for me. Generally I don't begin with the end in mind, I just start out and see how far I go. Later I might end up kicking myself for not going farther, say when I tried a semester of French, so setting out with certain goals is something that will make me a better learner. Habit 2: Accept responsibility for your own learning is probably my strongest learning habit, and this is probably why I have been so successful in school throughout my life. It may also be why I am already familiar with blogger and, though I have not done it for a year and a half, have three years of blogging experience under my belt. And now I'm getting paid to do it better. Fantastic!
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