Thing 7: RSS feeds

I watched the video that explains how Google Reader uses
RSS metadata scheme to draw new entries from blogs, etc.

I signed up for Google Reader in an earlier Thing, so this was
helpful in learning how it works. I also was able to add two new
subscriptions to Google Readers:

Catalogablog: http://catalogablog.blogspot.com

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/blog

Thing 6: Blog Readers

Using Google Reader as an aggregator to interact with a group of blogs and keep up with
the latest posts.

Adding blogs to the reader was straight forward and a lot of fun. I added three blogs so I did
not really need to organize them.

Thing 5: Image Generators

I chose ImageChef to imput my text into an image.

I used one of their images:

It was easy to get started. I discovered when I had a question

about entering the text that there was no help file or FAQ. Found

the answer through trial and error.

Thing 4: Mashups

Mashup choices:


Flickr Mashups where you can create your own image (or choose your own!)•Spell with Flickr -- Spell your name using Flickr images•Captioner--Add funny captions to a picture•Big Huge Labs--A wide variety of Flickr toolsOther Flickr Mashups to try (or search for your own!)•Flappr--Search for images•Colr Pickr--Search images by color•FlickrFling--See images related to RSS feeds•Flickr Sudoku--Play Sudoku with Flickr images•Retrievr--A sketchpad that shows related Flickr images



I tried Map Maker which is on Big Huge Labs. It creates a map of the places you choose, then you paste the HTML code to your page;

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/map.php