Here's to Flickr
This is my fiancé and me taking tequila shots. Tequila is my favorite shot... not hers. Don't worry, I'm not putting this up because I want to show that I'm cool, and I drink, but rather because I don't own a digital camera, and this is one of the few pictures on my computer. However, I do like this picture, because it shows us having a good time (with our friends whom you can’t see), and that’s something that I feel should definitely be part of the college experience.
I enjoyed the short reading from Sturtz. The part I found perhaps the most interesting was what Google actually does when you hit that search button. I found the idea of the “Google Bomb� to be very interesting. I am studying Marketing and Public Relations, and the Google Bomb is right up that ally. I really think that Large Companies who have the resources are going to take advantage of this type of search process, as Sturtz gave the John Kerry and Waffles link situation. I feel that many Public Relation firms will start to do this same type of thing as a grass roots tactic.
After Reading about Flickr, I tried it out, and was quite surprised how easy it was to use. My roommate has used Ofoto.com in the past, and when compared to each other, Flickr definitely takes the cake. I think many people will find the tagging feature very useful. It’s just another way that the internet is becoming more interactive and user friendly.
The reading out of Cyberliteracy is something that I feel most modern day internet users should read. While reading it, I was thinking to myself that this would be something great to one day have our children read, so they could see what things were like when the internet first came out, and even prior to that. The readings almost make you step back, and be thankful for all the great things the internet can provide us, yet reminds us not to lose sight of the importance of things such as actual person-to-person contact. I’ve had previous classes where the issue of the internet making society too impersonal has come up, and everyone agreed that while the internet is a great tool, there are just some things that it can not replace. For example, while I saw that someone posted the fact that Flickr acts as a community of people, and a way for people to check up on each other, it will never be the same as actually sitting down and talking to that person about their experiences.