Week 6

I finally found my way to posting my story in five frames! Finally figured out how to get the URLs - I could not figure out how to upload them as an entire set - advice? Maybe I missed something on Thursday?

Anyhow - it was fun to see everyone else's stories and to hear everyone's interpretation of John's picture story - especially his own!

Mary, Erica, Kate and I are going to check out a possible project with 826 Valencia. The organization is interested in setting up an interactive site for youth where they can share their writing! Could be fun!!

Where can I begin with the Flickr site??? After just figuring out a way to get my pictures into my blog, I can tell you that it was a bit of a problem solving task to figure out that 1) the URL of a photo "set" did not work, 2) Using "help" on flickr is not easy, and 3) finding the URL of an individual picture was a bit convoluted once I navigated through help and got an answer.

The fact that I had to click on a photo, then go to "different size" at the bottom of the page, then on that page find the bar with the URL in it seemed wacky to me! Why wouldn't the URL of the picture just show up when you click on the picture itself? When I tried to get help (which is where I fould what I just described via reading through others' FAQs) I found that it was a list of FAQs - not a regular help site - did not really make things easier.
After posting my photos in my round about way, I did look at the flickr sitemap and found the section on posting to my blog via email - I will have to try it out!
At any rate, I don't find the flickr interface to be very user-friendly - like I said, it is more of a problem solving activity!