Dragonfly wing 4 - photoshop blue

Dragonfly wing 4 - photoshop blue,
originally uploaded by Xerones.

Since I couldn't find my pretty blue bubbles again, I revisited Flickr Colr Pickr and found this incredible image of a dragonfly wing to share instead. It reminds me of a tile mosaic or a stained glass window. How beautiful! Now if I could just figure out how to do a mashup!!!

Dropped it again!

The one thing that I have noticed about learning new technologies is how important it is to stay with it once you learn them. Playing with technology has been frustrating for me because it isn't something I do everyday, and it isn't something that I want to do everyday. I'm one of those "old school" types of people to which technological advances are of passing interest, but not something that I generally expend time and energy on. I'd much rather be outside really moving about or reading a book--physically holding and turning the pages--not downloading one from online. So small glitches and technological snags really irk me. For example, I just spent about ten minutes visiting a 3rd party website from Flickr and selecting a terrific bubbly, blue picture to download to my blog and talk about...I downloaded the image, blogged about it, and have now lost it!!! I don't know where it went or why, or how to get it back w/o having to re-blog the whole thing over again!! Grrr. This seems to happen to me often, and the only remedy for it is to spend more time learning about the technology behind what I am doing. *sigh* Time, time, time, not enough time!! So here's my whineblog about it. Perhaps I should have called my blog Learn and whine, huh? At least I'll have some knowledge of these websites, should any of our young customers be experiencing problems with them.

Blue Bubbles

Found this at a Flickr 3rd party site where you can pick out a picture by color wheel. I'm feeling bubbly today, and blue is my favorite-so here's the one I picked! It always amazes me how people can manage to create such beautiful imagery! How? How? How? Do they do it? It was really nifty to see the images people came up with to represent each specific shade of colors.

Three Little Piggies

Three Little Piggies,
originally uploaded by pink_apron.

Hee Hee Hee! These little piggies are too much fun! :)

Tech Alphabet

Tech Alphabet,
originally uploaded by roswellsgirl.

I think this is where learning is going...you agree?

oooOOOoooh so that's what it means!!

Hey guys! Just watched the cute new video from common craft about blogs and blogging!
What a great video! I totally get it now! :) So now I know why people blog and why blogging is kinda cool...(like totally "power to the people" and all that) which is groovy and diggable. I also finally know where the word "blog" came from...all this time I've been wondering where people came up with such an odd term; is it blog as in "blog, blog, blog" I've been talking all day? Or is it because you are wading through massive amounts of information? As in "I'm blogging through all this info?" Why no...it is simply a shortened form of the word weblog...ahhhh!
btw...I can't wait to play with this flicker thingee I've been hearing about! Blog on friends and neighbors, blog on...:)

The habits of lifelong learners...and me.

Okay, so I have observed and reviewed the 7 1/2 Habits of Lifelong Learners and have determined that I do, indeed, fit right in with that group. I have always been one of those annoying(?) people who have enthusiasm for virtually anything new. In general, I enjoy learning new things, meeting new people, and visiting new places. I welcome and embrace change...and this is the thing, why then have I been so reluctant about trying some of these new technologies? Alot of it has to do with the time investment, I think. It takes a while to figure out how to upload photos, blog about stuff, and create and maintain online relationships. Another reason could be that the technology seems to change so fast that it is difficult to keep up, and then there are so many waaays! Well, enough carrying on then...and now to the question at hand. For me, the most difficult part of being a lifelong learner (where technology is concerned) is having the confidence in myself as a competent, effective, learner. I seem to have this mental block about learning the new technology and a fear that I won't know how to do it or that I will do it completely wrong and be unsuccessful--the easiest part for me will be taking responsibility for my own learning. I learn best when I feel like I am allowed to poke around, hands on, and make mistakes (and learn from them) in a non-threatening atmosphere...Like this one! So hopefully, I will start feeling more and more confident with technology as the days progress. :) Maybe I'll also learn to make shorter posts too!! :) :)