I have followed the instructions re. Wikimedia Commons but will I see a picture on my blog or a string of letters and numbers?

I have found Flickr and the copyright issues interesting and more appropriate for my job/life but I am still not sure how much I will use them past 23 Things.  I already download my pictures onto Facebook for my friends to see and I have no intrest really in having a wider public - but maybe I will be missing an opportunity to be discovered!

Skiing down Hillman's Highway, New Hampshire

Skiing down Hillman's Highway., a photo by The Forest History Society on Flickr.

Creative Commons

This is a picture I found using the advanced search on Flickr for an image with "creative commons - licensed content". All I can say is I wish it was the original Hampshire - it's so much more fun in the cold with a pair of skies strapped to your feet.

The Hurst's

The Hurst's, a photo by Honeybuntoo on Flickr.

This is a favourite picture of my extended family which I guess has been taken by my Mum as she is missing from the photo. When I was little we always went away with my Dad's brother and his family I remember them as very happy times.

Bringing up the rear

So today's catch up was Twitter - I skipped Browsers for the time being - but will go back and try them all out.

I was shown the basics of Twitter by a very patient Sarah Lund, she obviously had some well earned down-time.  I have been following several Sot23 things people and a few favourites - Richard Osman for one - who doesn't love #pointless, but I didn't really know what I was doing or why!  However on re-reading the 23 things instructions and following the 'twitter help page' the mist is beginning to rise.

I am still a long way from being proficient but I have begun to uderstand the fun of it all.  It still feels odd to be tweeting when I only have 11 followers :-( But tell me, if I put a #symbol in my tweet can the whole world read my thoughts?  Weird!  I have learnt how to send a direct message  which I hope means that my random stupid thoughts and questions don't appear to all and sundry.  But I am waiting for a reply so only time will tell.

I am now following 29 people but staying fairly quiet myself.  However, the links and connections that all this technology leads you to is amazing.  I followed a link from The Guardian to #Chris Hadfield - a canadian astronaut, currently living in space aboard the International Space Station.  He is tweeting amongst other things pictures of earth from his space station.  They are amazing, one last week even featured Southampton.

Do I appreciate Ric Paul's updates on the football - humm - More of a Leicester Tigers fan myself.

... yum

I'm back

I'm back after a long break away from 23things!!

Unfortunately after having just worked my way through Doodle (in my own time, I hasten to add) I am feeling as grumpy as when I last left Netvibes.

At this moment in time I can see no point in either Netvibes or Doodle.  I know, I know, I haven't really given them a chance but they don't seem to fulfill any function that I have not been able to live without before coming across them.

I hate the look of netvibes.  It is extremely uninspiring in both its picture free layout and its plethora of options .  I feel bombarded by the latest and greatest of everything all sitting there saying open me, open me.

Doodle - well - what is the point.  It seems like an extremely unnecessary piece of kit.  What's wrong with a phone/e-mail/text.  Are they (the geeks of the world)making life more and more complicated just for the sake of it?

Maybe it will all make sense over time but I doubt it.

Onwards and upwards.