Web 2.0 and 23 Things in Action!

Bridge Infrastructure
Originally uploaded by buddyat40

While completing Thing #6, I ran across The Rachel Maddow Show's Photostream on Flickr where they have show and user content posted and I blogged on an motivational poster created in Automotivator.

Also on the Photostream was an invitation to submit your own posters. I submitted this one in which I used a photo available for non-commercial use and remix under the Creative Commons license.

Yesterday, I went to check out the site and found that my poster was one of 14 posted on a new page on MSNBC.com called Maddow Fans Get Motivated. Check it out!

Thing #6, Week #3: Infrastructure! and my Wii Badge

Infrastructure!
Originally uploaded by The Rachel Maddow Show

This is an image that I saw tonight on the Rachel Maddow show. It was submitted to Rachel's Photostream on Flickr. I didn't know if you could blog off of someone else's photostream, but I just went ahead and gave it a try and here we are. Susan assures me that this is OK in terms of copyright issues as long as the image links back to the public photostream.

This image was made with a 3rd party app called automotivator that lets you create motivational posters, or pointed sarcastic posters, whichever you prefer.

wii pass
Originally uploaded by buddyat40

This very cool Wii Pass was made with Badge Maker which is one of fd's Flickr Toys. There are lots of other great tools/toys you can use with Flickr on this site,, including a Warholizer, a Hockneyizer and another version of the motivational poster tool.

Even though this badge is extremely slick, it will probably be of no use whatsoever in getting my son to let me play on our Wii without him.

Thing #4, Week #2: Look at my cool BlogRoll

So I just registered my blog with the wonderful women of the MCHS library. 

Did you see my cool BlogRoll? Most of these were imported from my Google Reader account where I follow about 20 blogs on a semi-regular basis. Some of those blogs update very often (10-15 times a day) and some quite infrequently. Several of the ones I did not include are both seasonal and reflect very specific personal interests (Giants scores, MSU football scores -- RSS is a great way to get scores updated all in one place).

The blogs I listed in my BlogRoll reflect 2 or 3 of my major interests, education, technology and news/politics. I would especially recommend Will Richardson's Weblogg-ed for discussions about education reform and technology and Think Progress for news with a progressive outlook. I also really like Indexed for a little lighthearted appeal. Oh, and I'm a great big fangirl of local-really-smart-girl-made-good Rachel Maddow. 

Check it out.