Fun w/ Flickr

Alright, I must admit that this exercise was a bit confusing. I went to Mappr and saw how they could map out where Flickr photos come from in the U.S. I visited the Flickr Color Pickr and experimented with their color wheel of photos. I also went to Montagr and saw how to create a mosaic with Flickr photos. Interesting applications, I don't quite see how this could be used in libraries.

The Essentiality of Tags

Tagging is important on sites such as Flickr because the information (photos in this case) is massive! The tags helps the searcher get to the right photos that they want to see. A community develops through the comments that people make, which connects folks of similar interests. The comments section allows others to click on links to pictures of those who've made comments about other photos posted on Flickr.

Flickr Exploration

I liked this wintery picture a lot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pavelc23/2122898581/

It's a winter wonderland.

Site Exploration Web 2.0 Awards List

I selected from the short list the Photos and Digital Images category. I viewed Flickr which was quite interesting. Flickr has a general and advanced search which I saw to be most useful. I guess pictures of the library's program setups and book displays could benefit from this application.

Tecnorati Exploration

This is a good site to locate various blogs. The only thing I am a bit wary about is that when you begin tagging stuff other folks could see what you've tagged. Please, don't get me wrong, I realize that this is all about social networking. It's just that certain levels of privacy has been taken away with this technology.

Tagging and Folksonomy, Del.icio.us. also

Okay, very nice technology for information gathering and research as well. However, in the area of research, hopefully students and institutions won't become too dependent on this. There are skills that are acquired when research and information gathering are conducted "the old fashioned way". The issue I have with this technology is that basic critically analysis and critically thinking skills can easily be lost by using this technology to assist students/researchers/librarians/etc. in gathering and analyzing information on various subject matter.

Creating Myspace Account

Myspace is an easy account to create. I don't like Myspace. My opinion did not alter even after reading about Myspace in the discovery resources.