assessment time #2

Its that time again...the dreaded assessment, so what have I been doing?
well...

Flickr
In this time I've joined a couple of groups which have provided a bit of inspiration for me, for uni and to encourage me to get my ass overseas next year...but I will say that flickr is one of my favourite tools now, as I have family and friends who live miles away and I can show them my work and what I've been up too. Of course I think my flickr photos are interesting, I wouldn't post them. I have had a few comments from people about them and have recently pushed my photos to a couple of groups to see what others who don't know me think of them. One of the bad things was the lack of community encouragement and comments from general mpi104 group members, and i know i am guilty, but the idea of posting a screen shot of the desktop on my beautiful G5 just to have something to say Ive done doesn't inspire me. Maybe constructive criticism of work would have been a better option! Or maybe it was just my photos that didn't get commented from MPI students. all in all though, ive gone beyond the MPI group and am defiantly starting to incorporate as a tool in my everyday Internet use.


Del.icio.us
At assessment #1 I did admit that I hadn't incorporated del.icio.us into my work flow as much as I could have, however increasingly I have found myself going there to find pages I remember that I liked, and tagging sites as I find them. Also trying to make it more interesting by tagging a wider range of sites.

Blogger
after looking at too many websites and bloggs to mention (but you can check out my screen shots on flickr) for aesthetically pleasing designs and working out that clean easy to read sites were the way to go, I changed my template and messed around with the colouring of it. I wanted it uncluttered like the post a secret blog, but easy to read and simple like the love website. With these things in mind I still wanted colour to emphasize important points, hence the use of red on the white background for titles. I am a fan of having the side bar on the left, and onnly having it on that side, I think the page appears less cluttered and is easier to read, and you don't have to go looking all over the shop for things like links, technorati, counters and profiles, you know they will be on that side or not there at all.

All in all I know that I have tried my best to become involved in the online communities I have become apart of. Making comments on other peoples pictures and bloggs, and saving links for other people.
So its just up to you if you agree if my interestingness is your interestingness Joh!
Goodluck to me!