Variabledancer’s Weblog

OK, I’m finally delving into this area.  The information on the feeds I chose was nothing interesting or useful– i heart peonies had pictures of wedding table settings (no peonies).

I’ve discovered using Google is nice because it offers several services that you can use with the same username & password (analytic, photo sharing and feeds).  I’m all for simplifying the use of all this cyber info!  It still seems like a lot of unimportant information sharing.  Unless I had tons of free time on my hands and a hobby that I wanted to write about, I can’t see a need for blogs, picture sharing, feeds, etc.

I was trying to imagine what a person would do who wanted to search for my photos in flickr.  I tried typing the title of one photo (annual phlox) in flickr’s search engine, and got lots of phots, but not mine.  Why?

After changing the format of my blog, I no longer see any but the last post.

Below is a link to a flower photo up uploaded to flickr.  I’ve created some tags for photos, and a couple of sets.  I am confused about groups.  I like the “notes” feature in flickr, but I can’t remember how to get a version of the photo where you can see them!  I’ve posted some comments on other people’s photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24029157@N06/2286176639/

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VermontOriginally uploaded by variabledancer

I’m “blogging” this photo from Flickr to see how this works out.

It shows up within the text of the blog message.  So photos can be stored in the Flickr account, then shown within the blog, if desired.  Or, maybe you could put a message in the blog to see the photo in Flickr, with a link to the Flickr site?

This is the photo I used for my Flickr avatar.

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Just barely keeping the “overwhelmed” beast at bay as I wade through the interconnected layers of information links in WordPress and Flickr.  Just like I tell my computer class students: I need to practice (but when!).

Weeks 1 & 2, Things 1, 2, 3 & 4 done.

Goals: don’t get bogged down in details; communicate succinctly; don’t get overwhelmed with all there is to learn!