A blue rose?
Saturday, October 31, 2009
A bunch of pictures from my distant past...
Well, only high school. I didn't even know these existed, but it's nice to see them here.
I think Flickr is rather sophisticated for it's primary purpose as a personal photo repository (alliteration!). I like that there are many tie-ins to different things, including blogs and the colorwheel gadget. Viewing photos by tags is very interesting, and some people are quite talented at putting up pictures. On one hand, it's great that putting up pictures is so easy to do for just about anyone now, with the added bonus of being free. On the other hand, the deluge of all these pictures means that some inevitably get lost. I'm sure there are some great pictures out there that never really get seen. Also, the feature-rich options on Flickr may be overwhelming to some people, especially newbies to photo such as me.
Finally, a video to see you off until next time. And I've learned to embed it, too!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Blog Post for Credit
1. The Blogger interface is a little confusing, but I think that is due more to a lack of familiarity than anything. I'm sure the engineers at Google have done their best to make sure that it is as intuitive as possible.
I used to blog every once in a while on xanga, and I found their interface to be even more clumsy at the time. It is nice to see that blogs have become a tad bit more user friendly.
Also, I am doing this assignment from a netbook. Working on this tiny screen with a tiny trackpad doesn't help when trying to navigate the customization interface. The preview pane for the blog is at the bottom and is maybe two or three lines deep, at most.
2. I changed my theme from the default theme to one with more colors. I chose green because to me, it is easier on the eyes. I then changed some font colors so not everything on the site is green, but I left font types alone because I like Arial.
3. I enjoy reading blogs, but I often feel that I don't have enough to say to actually blog. For me, writing out what I feel takes a lot of energy and time - I have to sit down, gather my thoughts, scratch down everything that comes to mind and piece it together as I'm starting from the top. I think that my normal writing style is too neutral and academic for blog-style writing. Some people have a way with words and can weave the most mundane events into epic stories; I am not one of those people.
I probably would not use this blog outside of class. I gave it a self-descriptive name so that I know exactly what it is for. I wish I had the time to blog, but I would probably spend any extra time I had goofing off anyways.
4. I looked at several of the example blogs. Some of them have not been updated in a while, such as infodoodads, so I only skimmed through them quickly before moving on. I enjoyed copyblogger's post on writing comedically, and I will likely return to it if I ever decide to continue blogging.
Finally, I was listening to this song while writing this post. It's so bad it's good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-EN4-QVbpQ
I used to blog every once in a while on xanga, and I found their interface to be even more clumsy at the time. It is nice to see that blogs have become a tad bit more user friendly.
Also, I am doing this assignment from a netbook. Working on this tiny screen with a tiny trackpad doesn't help when trying to navigate the customization interface. The preview pane for the blog is at the bottom and is maybe two or three lines deep, at most.
2. I changed my theme from the default theme to one with more colors. I chose green because to me, it is easier on the eyes. I then changed some font colors so not everything on the site is green, but I left font types alone because I like Arial.
3. I enjoy reading blogs, but I often feel that I don't have enough to say to actually blog. For me, writing out what I feel takes a lot of energy and time - I have to sit down, gather my thoughts, scratch down everything that comes to mind and piece it together as I'm starting from the top. I think that my normal writing style is too neutral and academic for blog-style writing. Some people have a way with words and can weave the most mundane events into epic stories; I am not one of those people.
I probably would not use this blog outside of class. I gave it a self-descriptive name so that I know exactly what it is for. I wish I had the time to blog, but I would probably spend any extra time I had goofing off anyways.
4. I looked at several of the example blogs. Some of them have not been updated in a while, such as infodoodads, so I only skimmed through them quickly before moving on. I enjoyed copyblogger's post on writing comedically, and I will likely return to it if I ever decide to continue blogging.
Finally, I was listening to this song while writing this post. It's so bad it's good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-EN4-QVbpQ
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