flicker flacker

The flickr project was by far one of my favorite things we have done thus far in class. It was a really great idea to give us such a little amount of time to figure it out and then to document it. After reading the articles posted I found out that the way we were designed to do this project is called collaborative journalism. I just thought we were told to do it and being provided with a small amount of time to see what we could come up with. I think our group’s idea of concentrating on the smoking ban here at IU was a really good choice. It is an appealing topic that many people, both smokers and non smokers are interested in. As a smoker, I still find the ban here at IU a great idea. I also find it interesting that prior to the year 2008 IU said that there would be a ban on all of campus, yet when we get back to school we find out that there are designated smoking areas. I knew that they would change their rules, I just wonder if they knew they were planning on altering their policy.
After reading more of the articles I also learned a little bit more about flickr. I knew it existed, and even have a few friends that use it, but the more popular thing to do is to post facebook albums. I think flickr is different in a better way than just using facebook albums because the comments posted on the pictures are more useful. People seem to really enjoy posting and viewing and commenting on other people’s flickr pictures. It does make sense when the article commented on the fact that people will now document what they see and then post their pictures so others can truly get a sense of what was going on, they used the example of riots. One of the other articles also talked about Social Bookmarking. This was another term that I was not familiar. They compared Social Bookmarking to the favorites tab that many people use on their computers. I’m not on the computer much, and my lab top is from the 1950’s (well not really) so I don’t really use it much, other than checking my emails, some goggling action and facebook of course, but if I did use it more and it was more up to date I would definitely look into using the social bookmarking website. The website is designed to store bookmarks on the internet and make them accessible anywhere. When I went home the other weekend I noticed that my little brother used the favorites tab and has many links on it, I think he would be very interested in looking into the social bookmarking website. For someone like him who is constantly on the computer the social bookmarking web site would be very functional.
I am very glad that I got introduced to these interesting terms and ever flickr because after I graduate I am moving to Prague for a year to teach English and was wondering how I am going to keep my friends and family up to date with all my adventures. I could make the facbook albums like everyone else but I didn’t know how I was going to let my parents and older brother see my pictures. If I just post them on flickr everyone will be able to view them. Problem solved! So now that you are done reading my interesting blog please enjoy our flickr slideshow, and remember if you too are a smoker please smoke in the designated areas on campus. You don’t need Jenna coming after you!
(After you see the slideshow this will make sense)