Thing 5: Oh, FLICKR!

It's all fun and games until you start seeing double!

First of all, I am delighted to be using a tool that I am somewhat familiar with. NO, I have NOT used Flickr before. However, I'm savvy with some of these other programs that allow you to upload, title, tag, and describe your photos, and this tool actually lets you expand out into other programs like your blog! I am SO excited about this!

As far as using it in the library, I can really see using this for one of my teen programs, and I am SO excited about that! It may not happen this year, pending funds, but I would like to borrow an idea used at SJCPLS's Hastings branch in which teens took disposable cameras out, took pictures of their community, and the photos were then selected and uploaded to a Flickr account.

I intend on using Flickr for my own personal reasons as well. I like the idea of having a "safe" place to store photos that easily accesible to you so long as you have Internet access. I don't think that the internet is disaster-proof; however, it's great to know that you can leave your hometown and show your pictures to anyone anywhere in the world. I have logged in as a guest to Photobucket, and I really haven't explored all of these options. I DO appreciate how Flickr alllows its user to connect their accounts to their blogs and other such features; I can't do that via social networking sites.

Ah, the concern about going public. How can bad can it be? I went public (after studying to be a MEDIA SPECIALIST, that is...hardy-har-har-har). In all honesty, with social networking on the rise, it is and it isn't really all that scary. On one hand, sure people can see me, people can find me. We're losing our sense of privacy. OK, got it. BUT, if you choose not to associate your name with your account...ta-daaaa...your trip down Anon. Avenue has begun. On the flip side, it's really cool to see pictures of your friends that you otherwise might not get to see. I ran in to my best friend from when I was in Kindergarten, and it is amazing to see how we have both changed over the years. Thanks to this brave new world, I have the opportunity to share what's going in my life with her through programs like Flickr. It's an excellent tool.

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