Nombre Cinq

Ok, the trading card was sort of fun. I know other people who have done those, but I never actually thought of doing it myself. I also made a "motivational" poster too. I was not familiar with Big Huge Labs before this project, and it is super easy and fun in a time wasting sort of way. Again, I would like to think of ways of incorporating this into my work. I think that the trading cards would be fun to create for some book characters (think: Twilight), as part of a book club. Or see who can come up with the funniest trading card for a character out of David Copperfield. I am always amazed by the humor and wit of teens...especially those who read. Posting these trading cards to a blog or something I don't think would be in violation as long as you weren't using a copyrighted image (I think).
I know that we have the software to create our own Read posters (you know the ones with celebrities from ALA). We've talked about how to make this a part of a program or how to incorporate it into National Library Week.

Nombre Quatre

Yay Flickr! I have been using flickr to share photos for several years now. This is another type of technology that I use for my personal life but haven't really incorporated it into my work.
I am a crafter and I love to take pictures. Lots of pictures. Elizabeth always asks me if there is anything that I wouldn't take a picture of. This might have been after I took a picture of my new composter and posted it on flickr. I regularly upload photos, tag them, organize them into sets and collections and view pictures from my friends that are in my contacts. I also use the groups feature too. I frequently look at quilt groups, groups that post pictures of gnomes, The Clash, Bloomington, and other random crafts. I use groups to keep up with other people's posted photos and share my own.
I have been thinking about doing this for library related things too. Why not? I gather loads of good inspiration and ideas from email listservs, why not photos too? I would like to use flickr (or similar) in the future especially in conjunction with a teen blog to share displays, projects or other teen related information. Making this sort of networking connection is important, especially with teens who I think would totally feed off the visual. Knowing that, say, their artwork they created in a program was posted online would be cool. So I created a new account and will add library related photos from time to time. Using flickr is so natural for me in my personal life, and I would like to continue to use these 23 Things as a way to enhance my work life too!

Challenge: I tried out picnik for the first time. I usually edit photos in Photoshop at home, and don't really have time to do a lot of edits though. But picnik seems like a quick and easy tool to edit photos in a hurry, or if you don't have photoshop. I created a pencil sketch of my cat, Loki doing his favorite activity. I like that you can quickly edit a photo in picnik without having to create an account, which is great for quick resizes.