Mashups- Lesson 6

I just learned today about Mashups.  It seemed fun.  I made myself a trading card using the Trading Card Maker.  I had some trouble with Earth Album.  I tried clicking Greenland like the instructions directed, yet didn’t get any image of Greenland.   I gave a quick look at the other Mashup programs.  They seem cool, but I’m not sure how I’d use it, unless I was doing a graphic design project. 

Death of Grace Paley

Last week one of my favorite authors just died.  Grace Paley was a short story writer and social activist whose life was one that I want to emulate.  Her stories were full of humor and compassion and they described a New York neighborhood full of gossip and talk.  I just discovered her a short while ago, while processing a cart of books at my work.  I was intriqued by the cover of her Collected Stories, with Paley standing full figure, staring at the camera, with a crow to the right of her. 

Learning Flickr- Lessons from Week 3

This post is in reference to Week 3’s lessons in Flickr.  I read the lesson and learned about tagging and grouping.   I didn’t download a photo from my digital camera to flickr, but I transfered my photos from my Yahoo Photos account to Flickr.  I tagged two photos with the “sunnyvalelearners” tag:  one was from 2006, when I posed with an artist doing a painting demo in front of the library;   and the second was from my trip to Alburquerque, when I saw the launch of 800 balloons for their hot air balloon festival.