2. Fun with Photos

I used pho.to to turn myself into an instant celebrity.

You Oughta Be in Pictures #91: Fun with Photos

I uploaded a picture of Mrs. Bush and our staff to FotoFlexer. The pop art was applied and then the picture was multiplied.

I then went to BigHugeLabs and using the same picture created a color palette. Some of the colors in the photo were smokey ash, corduroy, acadia and judge grey. I do not have a preference. I then used BigHugeLabs to try the pop art and multiplying features. I preferred the quality of the FotoFlexer.

You Oughta Be in Pictures #91

I like that the BigHugeLabs offers a free photo album. I will send for the coupon. Also liked the puzzle-maker.

Not interested in Zombify Yourself. Yuck!!!

BigHugeLabs message: Photo resolution was too low--will have to try loading another picture.

#91: Goodies from befunky

You Oughta Be in Pictures #91: Fun with Photos

I like befunky's Oil Painting and Impressionists Effects. Your photos can end up looking like they were hand-touched by Vincent Van Gogh. In Vincent's case it would be post-impressionist. Also enjoyed playing around with the Goodies.

You Oughta Be In Pictures #90: Sharing Photos

On one hand, I am reluctant to put my pictures on Facebook but, on the other, I do find myself going to Facebook to look at other people's pictures. I am also amazed when someone I haven't heard from for quite a while makes a comment on my Facebook account about a picture posted there.

My preference for photosharing sights are the ones that have products such as scrapbooks for purchase. This is the way for working Grandmas to have those books with all the latest photos to share with their friends without having to spend hours to put them together. I plan to start working on a flickr photobook of my grandchildren.

#89 You Oughta Be In Pictures

This post is before the Google posts.

Google #88: Wave, Buzz and Mobile

I do not use any collaboration tools.

I do not have a smart phone but would be interested in getting one. Google maps would come in handy for navigation and finding restaurants, hotels, real time traffic, etc. I also like the Search option as well as the gmail option. YouTube just might be a little too distracting.

Google #87: Google Reader

I do not currently use a feed reader. When we did the first round of iHCPL I did subscribe to several news feeds but later discontinued them.

I subscribed to the feeds for Harris County Public Library and Fox News. Subscribing is simple. I plan to give it a try but do tend to like going to look for the information when I want it.

According to Google reader:
0 people are following you Good
You are following 0 people Again, Good
You liked 0 items Not true--I'm sure to find something I like

Google #86: Calendar & Documents

I created a calendar in Google. The calendar would be useful for me personally but I do not have a need to share it with anyone at this time.

Google Docs is useful and is currently being used to post our Sunday schedules. Supervisors are given access to go in and make changes to the schedules as needed. I can see how Google Docs will be useful to me personally.

Google #85 Resistance is Futile

I regularly use Google Images, Google Earth and YouTube. Google Images is invaluable for searching out pictues of people, places and things that I cannot always find in our books.

I have actually taken a tour down the streets of my hometown on Google Earth.
YouTube never disappoints when a song comes to mind.

As for the new products, the Public Data Explorer would be useful for doing research.

Search the Google books: It has the classics I was looking for with the added value of free downloads. I was amazed at the size of their collection with 107,600 in the social science category and 992,600 law books. Google books could be an alternative when we do not have the books on the shelf and our online copies are all in use.

I searched for a title that was interlibrary loan requested this morning and they have that book. The title of the book: Winemaker's Daughter.

You Oughta Be In Pictures #89

For this first exercise I chose a picture of my son and his shipmates enjoying Christmas while sailing the beautiful Persian Gulf. They were issued an invitation by the Taliban that they just could not refuse.

I cropped the picture and added a border and caption. Was it 2002 or was it 2001? I may have to go back to Picnik to change that date.

I looked at Photoshop and Fotoflexer but decided to use Picnik. They all offered the tools I would use most--the cropping, framing and captioning tools.

iHCPL Sound #24

My training credits being at a mere 5, I have decided to tackle the iHCPL sound exercises.