I recognised much in the podcast for Thing 10. I am married to a science journalist whose work is precisely about communicating research in field X to workers in field Y. The part of my own life where I come closest to using such things is as an activist with Global Justice Now, often gathering signatures for petitions.
Yes, I know an activist isn't a researcher.
Glad to see the importance the podcast attaches to questions from the person one is communicating with. I had once to write a piece about a part of the Haddon Library's collection with which I am not very familiar. If you have experienced the symptoms of imposter syndrome at any time, you will have some idea how that felt. I described the pain of this in a phone conversation with my brother. He was most interested in the story of the collection, and plied me with questions. When I'd answered several of these, he said: "Write down what you've told me, Aidan, and you've got your article."
It worked. I have good sibs.
Another thing the podcast mentions is the elevator pitch. An opportunity to practise that came recently, when a writers' group to which I belong solicited 50-word gobbets of individual news from members. What do you think of mine?
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Monday, 18 July 2011
Cam23 2.0: Week 5, thing 10: Pushnote; Extra thing: Dropbox
This post will be nothing like as detailed as my last one, but I have tried Pushnote and Dropbox.
Dropbox I probably won't use, because other sites already fulfil its functions. I use ADrive to store files, Google Docs (thing 9) to let other people work on them, and YouSendIt to share them -- especially when that means sending hi-resolution files of nineteenth-century pictures from the Haddon Library to publishers for reproduction.
Pushnote I have given myself an account for, but I feel awkward already at the thought of using it. Its purpose is to let one express an opinion of a website. I have opinions of websites, yes, and often tweet these, with links, drawing attention to the sites; but Pushnote is to let you comment on sites that your readers can already see for themselves, and it's rare that I'll be able to think of a comment in that situation that won't be self-evident. Also, very few of the names I input into the box on Pushnote's 'Find Friends' page turned out to be followers of the service.
Pushnote has not got much for me to join in with yet. I might come back to it later, if I hear things are otherwise.
Dropbox I probably won't use, because other sites already fulfil its functions. I use ADrive to store files, Google Docs (thing 9) to let other people work on them, and YouSendIt to share them -- especially when that means sending hi-resolution files of nineteenth-century pictures from the Haddon Library to publishers for reproduction.
Pushnote I have given myself an account for, but I feel awkward already at the thought of using it. Its purpose is to let one express an opinion of a website. I have opinions of websites, yes, and often tweet these, with links, drawing attention to the sites; but Pushnote is to let you comment on sites that your readers can already see for themselves, and it's rare that I'll be able to think of a comment in that situation that won't be self-evident. Also, very few of the names I input into the box on Pushnote's 'Find Friends' page turned out to be followers of the service.
Pushnote has not got much for me to join in with yet. I might come back to it later, if I hear things are otherwise.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Things 9 & 10: Flickr & the use of images
Exploring Flickr and its images has been fun. I have seen photos of the village where I grew up, and even ventured a couple of comments on one of them. I have looked a little closer at Idlethink's 'bookporn' photo of the library where I now work, and added a note about how people can hear more of its doings. Do people account such a gesture imaginative or desperate?
I have added Idlethink and Sir Cam to the things I follow with Google Reader.
I dabbled a little in the exploration of photos tagged URBEX (urban exploration, especially of derelict buildings) and, I'm afraid, ventured from there into pictures, and even videos, of demolition.
Then it struck me that the best way to focus my exploration of Creative Commons licences would be to seek images that could be incorporated into electronic greetings cards. The images I have saved to disk are of my sister's church and a landmark on the National Cycle Network. But I see myself contacting the photographers before I embark on any attempt to use them in ecards. It would undoubtedly count as making derivative works, rather than simply reproducing; besides, I'm not sure where, in an ecard, I would put the CC licence.
My own presence on Flickr is minimal. I take very few photos. I expect my future dealings with Flickr to be, as in this exploration, a matter of using the resources it offers rather than adding to them.
I have added Idlethink and Sir Cam to the things I follow with Google Reader.
I dabbled a little in the exploration of photos tagged URBEX (urban exploration, especially of derelict buildings) and, I'm afraid, ventured from there into pictures, and even videos, of demolition.
Then it struck me that the best way to focus my exploration of Creative Commons licences would be to seek images that could be incorporated into electronic greetings cards. The images I have saved to disk are of my sister's church and a landmark on the National Cycle Network. But I see myself contacting the photographers before I embark on any attempt to use them in ecards. It would undoubtedly count as making derivative works, rather than simply reproducing; besides, I'm not sure where, in an ecard, I would put the CC licence.
My own presence on Flickr is minimal. I take very few photos. I expect my future dealings with Flickr to be, as in this exploration, a matter of using the resources it offers rather than adding to them.
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