Thursday, June 28, 2007

Week 4, Thing 8 RSS feeds and Bloglines

I set up my Bloglines account and subsribed to 13 feeds. I really like the fact that I only need to go to one place to find information that is interesting to me. This brings back memories of being on the Promotional Data Team!

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Week 3, Thing 7 Post about anything Technology

I absolutely love my digital camera. It is great to be able to see the picture right after taking it so I can decide whether to save it or not. I used to hate paying to have pictures printed to find that I had taken a picture of the floor or something. I really like using Corel Snapfire Plus to edit and print my own photos at home. I enjoy being able to email my pictures to family in North Carolina and friends in Florida. I am not sure if I am ready to share picutres of my family and friends on Flickr yet.

Week 3, Thing 6 Flickr Fun


I explored Mappr and Flickr Color Pickr. I am not sure that I would personally use either of them. I did have a lot of fun with FD Toys'. That is where I made this magazine cover. I used a picture of a beautiful sunset that I took at the end of our family vacation in September, 2006. I was surprised at how easy it was to create.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Week 3, Thing 5 Explore Flickr

Wow, Flickr has so much to look at! Much more than time allows! I have a link below to a picture that is actually a painting I found on Flickr. I chose this picture because it is peaceful looking to me. I can just hear the relaxing sound of the water flowing under the bridge. I was a little frustrated over the fact that I couldn't get the actual image to appear on my blog after multiple tries. A blank box would appear with an x in the top corner which would link you to the image when you clicked on it. I didn't like the empty box on my blog, so I edited the post and added the following link to the image. http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsonart/87364826/

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Week 2, Thing 4 Register blog and track progress

I registered my blog. That was easy! On to the next thing!

Week 2, Thing 3 Set up your own blog

I set up my blog. I was surprised at how simple this was. The hardest part was finding a name that was not already in use. I have found that posting to my blog is very easy. So far, so good!

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Week 1, Thing 2 Pointers from lifelong learners

I viewed the tutorial on the 7 & 1/2 Habits of Lifelong Learners. I posted in my test post which of the habits is easiest for me and which is the hardest.

Week 1, Thing 1 Find out about the program

I listened to the podcast and read the blog. I will definitely be learning about some things I have never even heard of. I am encouraged by the fact that many of my co-workers will be working on this as well so that we can lean on each other!