Week 3

I enjoyed searching for things on Flickr as it gave me ideas for some pictures that I could try to take as well. This photo was one of my favorites. I have a miniature version of this big boy. My dog will be this big one day. Right now, he's still a baby at only six months of age and 72 pounds.

My favorite mashup site was retrievr. According to their own description, "retrievr lets you search and explore in a selection of Flickr images by drawing a rough sketch and then seeing which of our interesting photos come up as a match. Beware! You will spend hours pouring over the stunning (and sometimes unexpected) results." This was way too much fun. I drew the shape of a tulip, as best I could, and ended up with photos ranging from a great dane to a girl in a tutu. When I realized I could change the color, I changed the sketch from black to red. I then got a rose, red jelly beans, and even a stop sign. I tried a blue bird and mostof my results consisted of blue flowers. I think my sketching ability is sketchy. This was an addictive task!

In addition to discovering the joys of Flickr this week, I am also interested in VOIP, as my current VOIP provider cannot figure out how to get my phone to work on a regular basis. Needless to say, I canceled the service this morning. I'm going to try to survive on just a cell phone for a month and see how that goes. I'm sure I'll cave in before the end of the month and order regular phone service from whichever company now provides it.

Week 2

It hasn't been long since I completed my blog entry for Week 1, but Week 2 looks pretty straigthforward, and I'm all about completing things ahead of time. I had fun setting up my blog with all the color and font choices. The templates made the whole process very easy to do.

Week 1

I picked the name Sky Blue Snowball for my blog because that is what was being discussed in a conversation around me as I set up my blog. Personally, I prefer either tutti frutti or chocolate snowballs.

After setting up the blog I checked out the 7 1/2 habits of lifelong learners. The habit that most intrigued me was using technology to your advantage. In some ways, I do this. I like listening to audiobooks on my iPod. I'm all about multitasking and this allows me to "read" while doing other things. I also like reading blogs of former classmates who always seem to be on the cutting edge of technology and using things that I'm just starting to hear about in conversations. However, I'm resistant to embrace the whole PDA thing. I've used them and they just don't really help me. I'm sticking to my Franklin Covey paper planner.

I suppose the real lesson is try something new. If it works for you, stick with it. If not, do/use what works. But you'll never know if it will be beneficial if you don't learn about it in the first place. I hope I find some more beneficial tools while going through "23 Things."