Week 6 continued
I just uploaded a third photo on Flickr, so I could have something for my MySpace page. I wanted to add a photo of my cats, but it was in the wrong format. I had to use a stock photo instead, since I really have few personal online photos. When I went to add it to my page, I found I could just upload it from my computer - it didn’t ask me to go through Flickr. I imagine I could also have asked Flickr to send it - as I did for my Blog photo.
Week 6 - Online photo sharing
Week 6: Online photo sharing
Well, this week did not go as well as the last two. I’m not sure Flickr has any obvious value to someone who has neither a computerized camera nor a fast Internet connection. It took me more than an hour to upload two photos!
I did not find Flickr intuitive to use, and I was not happy that I had to sign up for a Yahoo account to use it. Flickr also asked me to sign up for other things when I tried to edit a photo.
I can see the value of Flickr and other systems for online sharing of photos, group editing of photos, and other projects, many of which could apply to the medical library, especially for the management and distribution of portrait photographs.
But for me, it was a frustrating experience.
