Mashups-smashups

I enjoyed Flicker, but I didn't see any application for the map and mntagr. I guess if you had time to be creative, it might be fun...but what would you do with the end result??? I really saw no use for these. I am not into being creative with pictures in an abstract way. I like the image to represent the image that I see. After the collage is made what do you do with it?Now that I have stated what I think, I guess I want to know if I totally missed the mark or what???? Please let me know.
As for the 3rd party apps. I liked some of what I saw. A lot of it was what I have in software on my computer. I think it would be very helpful to someone who had internet, and did not have access to these type of tools found in their software.

Sunset in Hawaii another flickr post by me

Sunset in Hawaii
Originally uploaded by amyandscott.

I found somebody else's photo, and decided to give it a try. I am really into sunsets this morning. However, this one tickled my memory from about 33 years ago. That is REALLY tickling my memory.

Flickr the picture!

Sunset
Originally uploaded by knowsdebi.

What a beautiful way to end the day!! Of course it is 9:10 in the the morning, but I can dream. Well, I have discovered Flickr, and find I really like it. It is very easy to navigate, and to load your pictures. Right now my biggest problem with this program is remembering all of the logins and all of the passwords. Before I started this journey, I had a hard time remembering all the pass words for work, now I am in overload with passwords and logins.....
I am wondering about privacy again, though. I understand I can restrict the people who see my stuff, but I am very private, and don't want anyone hacking into my stuff. (Although, I guess they would have to be desperate, for if they wanted to waste all that energy and time in hacking, they would probably pick a more interesting site.)
I was wondering if you can post more than one picture in an entry. Hmmm.... I might have to do some more investigating.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Technorati

Well, after going back to review and make sure that I had posted all the blogs that needed to be posted, I found I had missed this one. Actually, it was kind of good that I missed it, for after going through the entire lesson, and then revisiting technorati, I found it made a lot more sense. I used the tag of cooking, and stumbled upon a lot of sites, and I guess, personal blogs. I found it was much easier to navigate around this time. I guess I need to do it a couple of times, in order for it to penetrate my mind. I am also finding that blogging is coming much easier. I seem to be able to find this site much faster, and from different access points. It is all good, but just very slow going.

LibraryThing

Well, I finally grasped something, but only after reading someone else's blog which had 2 comments on it. It was the comment that lit the lightbulb. I read through the entire explanation of LibraryThing. I understood it, but didn't grasp any application. Then when I read Bobbi's comment-it clicked. Why not use it as a catalog for books that I already own. This would be very helpful, if I kept it up, for I like to collect Recipe Books, but forget if I have already purchased one. Sooo, now I can inventory them. Neat. I could do this in word also, but it would not be available away from home. I like this!
I found it was very user friendly, and I liked this too.
Are you able to have 2 accounts, one for your current inventory, and one for your (to read list)?

Delicious del.icio.us????

Well, here I am with my head just a spinning, I had a very, very interesting afternoon. I went through the tutorial, and I feel like my mind went through the wringer. I understand that we are talking about filing your favorite spots all in one place. However, that is about all I understand. I don't know how to bookmark anything in the old system, so I really don't know how to tag something in the new one. I browsed the mrrl2 account that was created for us. I think I understand how to click on the tags, and how they would take me out on the internet to the corresponding site. I can see how this would be useful if you visited certain sites on a regular basis. I did not grasp how you would personally tag something or how you would connect it to your address. Therefore, I guess I only get a passing grade today, no kudos.