Here's the suggested card
There's plenty of other image generators about. My picture on the blog was made using an uploaded photo of me to a Simpsonizer generator.
Monday, March 9, 2009
4. Flickr
Image hosting is a good social tool that I’ve used some already. I didn’t have a Flickr account. However I’ve been using Photobucket for about three years for two of my MMORPGs and Image shack for another MMORPG. I’ve viewed other people’s slideshows on Flickr and I’ve always been annoyed at the slow speed of Flickr. I timed the SJSB’s pictures of edible books. Humpty Dumpty took 37 seconds to appear after I clicked on its thumbnail. Lembas Bread was a little faster at 23 seconds. I waited a minute before giving up on Catchup in the Rye.
A group of players in one of the MMORPGs uses Image Shack to host screenshots of player killers (PKers).. There is a very strict format for posting—what has to be visible in the screenshot, when it can be posted, etc. If the post is accepted by the screening committee then a bounty is put on the offending character. Other players may collect the bounty by submitting a screenshot showing the death of the offending character because of action by a bounty hunter. Collecting a bounty is not considered an offense if the correct steps are followed. However, a vigilante (ie, a character not following the steps—although it is interesting that a hot pursuit and immediate death is allowed since there is real-time action) may result in a posting and subsequent bounty on the vigilante. It is an interesting use for an image hosting site to support social action within an MMORPH where the social action is not part of the game rules, but part of the social rules of the gamers.
Many MMORPGs have discussion boards to support play. Most of these allow Flickr or Photobucket image hosting for embedded images in postings. Here are some examples from YooHooHoo Puzzle Pirates.
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn408/Tarapotamus/YPPHalloween304.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/CreativeDestruction/PuzzlePiratesChristianne2-1.png
Image hosting is a good social tool that I’ve used some already. I didn’t have a Flickr account. However I’ve been using Photobucket for about three years for two of my MMORPGs and Image shack for another MMORPG. I’ve viewed other people’s slideshows on Flickr and I’ve always been annoyed at the slow speed of Flickr. I timed the SJSB’s pictures of edible books. Humpty Dumpty took 37 seconds to appear after I clicked on its thumbnail. Lembas Bread was a little faster at 23 seconds. I waited a minute before giving up on Catchup in the Rye.
A group of players in one of the MMORPGs uses Image Shack to host screenshots of player killers (PKers).. There is a very strict format for posting—what has to be visible in the screenshot, when it can be posted, etc. If the post is accepted by the screening committee then a bounty is put on the offending character. Other players may collect the bounty by submitting a screenshot showing the death of the offending character because of action by a bounty hunter. Collecting a bounty is not considered an offense if the correct steps are followed. However, a vigilante (ie, a character not following the steps—although it is interesting that a hot pursuit and immediate death is allowed since there is real-time action) may result in a posting and subsequent bounty on the vigilante. It is an interesting use for an image hosting site to support social action within an MMORPH where the social action is not part of the game rules, but part of the social rules of the gamers.
Many MMORPGs have discussion boards to support play. Most of these allow Flickr or Photobucket image hosting for embedded images in postings. Here are some examples from YooHooHoo Puzzle Pirates.
http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn408/Tarapotamus/YPPHalloween304.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/CreativeDestruction/PuzzlePiratesChristianne2-1.png
However YPP does not require the use of Photobucket—here’s one from Image Shack.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2552/trikesak2.png
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2552/trikesak2.png
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Ok, Ok. I know. I skipped from Thing 1 to Thing 3. I guess I better do Thing 2.
What is Web 2.0 and why should I care?
I care because I've been using it. Web 2.0 is about Joe Average using the web to be interactive. It's a wonderful idea that has been forcast in many SF stories, maybe the best is the recent "Halting State" and before that the famous "Snow Crash." Of course those two were more virtual reality, but the characters hopped into and out of an interactive world-wide net or set of networks.
I've been using Web 2.0 in library work for over 10 years. I made an interlibrary loan form for use in the Minnesota State University System over it classic PALS back in 1983 or 84. I made an online interactive workbook for my students in 1994. I also made a web form for faculty to submit book requests to me back in 1997.
Why do I care? It makes life easier and more fun (depending upon whether I'm creating or using).
What is Web 2.0 and why should I care?
I care because I've been using it. Web 2.0 is about Joe Average using the web to be interactive. It's a wonderful idea that has been forcast in many SF stories, maybe the best is the recent "Halting State" and before that the famous "Snow Crash." Of course those two were more virtual reality, but the characters hopped into and out of an interactive world-wide net or set of networks.
I've been using Web 2.0 in library work for over 10 years. I made an interlibrary loan form for use in the Minnesota State University System over it classic PALS back in 1983 or 84. I made an online interactive workbook for my students in 1994. I also made a web form for faculty to submit book requests to me back in 1997.
Why do I care? It makes life easier and more fun (depending upon whether I'm creating or using).
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
My thoughts on RSS feeds. Like most “new’ tools, this is just a re-packaged, re-named tool. RSS feeds are subscriptions. If you want to add the technical component, RSS feeds look suspiciously like the old backchannel program of the late 90’s. I loved that one because of the academic news channel. I suppose a real difference is that Backchannel was more of a news aggregator and delivered a lot of information in various channels to which one could subscribe. RSS feeds are much more individualized, rather like one a single channel rather than a whole network of channels.
Librarian Family. Why Librarian Family? Families do things together. Even if it is More Things on a Stick. Even if there are 23 things to do before More Things on a Stick (Do I hear there’s a Hole in the Bucket playing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7_3DjDot24). My librarian spouse decided that she wanted to do More Things on a Stick. But she wanted company doing it. Hence we are both doing it. Maybe I should email my daughter the librarian and suggest that three are better than two.
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