Picasa Web Album

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We organise our photos at home using Picasa and we find it a a great tool. However after Flickr, found the Picasa Web Album fiddly to use, and not as attractive. Only managed to upload a few photos. Oh well. Decided to put the pics in the public domain, even this pic of me taken a few months ago. So, to introduce myself. My name is Juliette and I work as a casual Librarian in the Dentistry Library in the City. Onward to the next task.

Flickr Away

I enjoyed exploring Flickr. As a keen amateur photographer (when time permits!), I can see the value of using this application to allow the Flickr viewers to see my work, and to appreciate the photos I have taken. I can see that Flickr can be a great way of sharing photos with relatives and friends overseas. I have been using Facebook to do the same thing but the usefulness is restricted to those who have Facebook accounts and how often people access there Facebook pages. And the facilities for organising your photos on Flikr are better. While completing this task I downloaded some photos of my daughter’s birthday party from my home computer, and was able to send an email to select people giving them direct access to the photos on Flickr via a password. 

fresh oyster with fish roe (tobikko) and shallot

fresh oyster with fish roe (tobikko) and shallot, originally uploaded by pvcpvc - protrait mode!.

Experimenting with Flickr and I thought I would share a new and renewed interest in food. Watching "Come Dine with Me", and reruns of the UK version of "Master Chef" at the moment, and this has inspired a "have a go" mentality to food creation. This is a particularly beautiful picture, illustrating my combined interest in food and photography.

The First Step!

Finally finding the time to sit down and start 23 Things. 
My big juggle of life:  with part-time work, looking after a very active four year old and wanting to learn, learn, learn! How to do that? How to keep up with the rapidly expanding technologies that are becoming vital in the "Library World". It can all be very bewildering after having an employment gap of a few years. I feel like I am playing catch up a lot of the time. Do others of my age bracket feel the same? Am I am not alone? 


Well, doing this course is a good first step.  And the first task for 23 Things, to decide on my learning goals, was a good motivator. Also gave me the opportunity to look at all the other goals I want to achieve this year in my life. 


Habits to make in my quest for achieving my goals:  improving my haphazard organisational skills for one. Not shy away from opportunities to learn, and most importantly -  to get more adept juggling of home and work life!