Week Six

Week six was a bit more challenging but interesting. Tres neat that I can upload all of my pictures to one place and not have to take up lots of memory on my owners' computer. Also neat that I can access all of my photos from anywhere! I do like being able to find other photos of cats...almost better than prowling the neighborhood...I said almost ... since I still like to know who has been in my territory, let the new kids on the block know who's King (moi), and stop and smell the flowers along the way. Did you see my new photos? Since I have 9 lives, nice to think how I might want to spend them. In Ancient Egypt, cats were considered sacred and we were "mummieized" so that we could pass to the afterlife with our owner. I hope I can be reincarnated into someone handsome and artistic such as these photos so that I will live a pampered life and be loved and adored as I have so far.

Uploading photos to Flickr was a challenge. First, I downloaded some special software that took 11+ minutes to download only to find out it didn't help at all. I downloaded it again and it still was useless. After that, time for a nap. I was worn out. I finally had to send a photo to my e-mail, save to my desktop, and then upload into my Flickr account. Once I figured this out, it was very easy to do and easier still to add a comment and name. When I did this, I was also hoping for a link to upload to my blog but didn't see one.

As for adding my own photos to Flickr, there must be an easier way than to save to desktop and upload... I will have to explore further, after I've sunbathed and contemplated this a bit.

As for tagging, this was quite interesting because I tag alot throughout the neighborhood, if you know what I mean...but tagging in Flickr is more, shall I say, civilized? I just put in "Cat" and you can find me! Of course I did see the tag "cute" and thought that was a nice tag too but it didn't lead back to me...just to another cat and a bunch of other pictures having nothing to do with me. Picking the right name for tagging is important, especially if one wants to find their pictures again and/or similar pictures. It does make a difference if you capitalize or not so I guess it might be best to not capitalize.

I was a bit confused (I must be getting up in years...my birthday is tomorrow!) when I looked at Contacts and Groups. Definitely don't want to belong to a group as I am a one cat family and don't want to share their indulgence on me with anyone else. I tried Contact and think I have Contacts now, though not sure they want to be part of my Contacts list. I tried to go back and modify it but I couldn't seem to get back there.

The Flickr mashups looked fun. Would be nice to make a motivational picture for my owner...something with a picture of a chicken or fish as a daily reminder of my favorite food! I wouldn't mind my owner putting vacation pictures into that trip planning mashup. That would be fun too...to see where they went and what they saw as I have no desire to travel. I tried it once to the desert, I even had a birds eye view by sitting by the steering wheel, but I was so scared and shook so bad, my owner thought I was going to have a heart attack...and I was only a kitten...nope, travelling is not for me.

Flickr is a great way to share fun photos with family, friends and the community. As we already have a Flickr account, it is a fun way to share community events with the community. It is also a fun documentation of all of the fun things we have done over time. It also might be a way to upload photos for publicity.