Thing Six

This is pretty fun. I wish there was some cost-effective way to figure out how to use book trading cards for a summer reading programs. Wouldn't it be cool for kids to have their own, personalized decks of cards showing what they had read instead of the traditional written down lists? They could write reviews on the bottom part. That would be so much more slick. But again, I can't think of any way to do it that would make financial sense. Maybe choosing selected books and reviews ...I dunno. I think there are some really fun things to do with these.
And yes, I am very concerned with legalities and making sure that artists get their due. I just think it is very important to educate (especially kids) that just because it is available, doesn't mean it is yours. The lego man image is from this article.
The photo itself is by Paul Vreeker for Reuters

What do you think of this bling? I am so funny I can hardly stand it.

Thing Four

photo by massdistraction

I can't say that this is going as smoothly as I would like. I've been really distracted here at work (the only place where I have computer access currently)and it's all because I'm obsessively trying to upload photos to my blog. First of, let me say that I think visuals are intrinsic to the Web 2.0 experience. I don't think that they (the visuals) necessarily have to be photos, but I can tell you that when photos are involved I am fifty percent more likely to be interested. Even for simple things like finding books: despite what's been said, you can tell a lot about a book by it's cover. I love the concept of scrolling over a picture of something, like a bookshelf, and having it give me information about that thing. I've seen it done with aerial view maps, too, and that's totally rad.

I already had a Flickr account but, as I've mentioned, I'm not really interested in posting my own image or those of my friends and family online. I know, I know-I reap the rewards without having to take the leap myself. I struggle with how much people are willing to put out there about themselves ; but I LOVE IT!!!! I, however, cannot do it myself.

So, let me say that one of my favorite bloggers is Sharyn Morrow from right here in St. Paul MN, and it just so happens that she is a voracious Flickr-er also.

She's awesome, isn't she? With all of that said I don't know how much I will use Flickr. I would definitely recommend it to people, I will certainly peruse it when my favorite blogs link to it, if I continue blogging I'll most surely use it to add pizzazz to my pages, but I don't even own a camera. I have a three-year-old and I've probably taken no more than twenty photos total of him his whole life. Yes, that's how lame I am about photography. Personally. Come to think of it, I think this is fundamentally about me: I want everyone else to do the stuff so that I can enjoy it.