If nothing else, this module was FUN!
(Although I'd hate to do it with a dial-up connection.)
After posting a few pictures on Flickr; the "Tin Man" to my profile; and sticking to "Slow Learner" as a name; the various recommended resources opened up a whole new world.
Flickr got my images into cyberspace and onto the blog in a tricky little gizmo.
But (due to Tags) someone, somewhere, somehow saw one of the images and posted a comment.
What a buzz!
Then, using the same pictures, the image generators were discovered.
The blog is now littered with the various outcomes.
Image Chef allowed me to personalise their pictures, imagegenerator.org had hundreds of links to other gizmo's and dumpr was amazingly quick and easy.
I suspect that slide.com and dumpr are the best examples of Web 2.0 in action.
Without leaving the slide.com site I selected pictures from my Flickr stream, picked a presentation style and had the code generated to copy and paste into Blogger.
Dumpr went one better: picture from Flickr, played with on Dumpr, and posted directly into the blog as new posts - all without leaving Dumpr.
Bubbleshare received a quick glance but seemed to be duplicating Flickr.
Voicethread was explored but has been stored in the memory bank for a future, no-blogging application.
My favourites are those where a new image is created placing my original on a magazine cover or in an art gallery.
Summary: The image aspect of Web 2.0 is sensational because it is now multi-dimensional.
It's not just about the pictures, not just about the tricks and gadgets you can use with the pictures, but it's also about the social aspect of others seeing your outcomes and interacting.
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Slideshow from www.slide.com
Still playing around with images - this is a slideshow created by www.slide.com.
It was very easy to create and stunningly fast.
It was very easy to create and stunningly fast.
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Sleep-deprived Font Image Generator outcome!
It's what happens when you flip an inverted image (I think).
Final generated image for the night!
It's probably more appropriate for next week's exercises but this one couldn't be resisted:
Design your own Dummies book cover :
Design your own Dummies book cover :
Monday, 4 August 2008
Web 2.0 Logo Generator
Web2.0v2Logogenerator's blurb says they parody all the Web 2.0 logo's going around, so I had to give it a go:
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Big Huge Labs
These image generators are really fun, inspirational and time-consuming.
I took the photo at the weekend to use on my profile (at a public place in the NORTHern suburbs) and the Big Huge Labs made it very easy to add the caption.
FlickR Badge
Hopefully a Flickr "badge" is now appearing in the sidebar.
(It was found via a link on the Upload page.)
You should be able to click on any photo to see a larger version.
(Please come back and let me know if you do.)
(It was found via a link on the Upload page.)
You should be able to click on any photo to see a larger version.
(Please come back and let me know if you do.)
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