Hmmmm ... I am still coming to terms with the fact that I can send a piece of paper through a fax and it comes out identical millions of miles away. Or that my voice carries over space and time to another destination on the phone. Now I am dealing with the use of VOIP (voice over I.P.) - websites such as skype, email, blogging, digital photography. I remember a time when I used to wait for my husband to come home to contact him. Now I can phone him whenever I like (mobile) or email him (blackberry). Maybe we are not really that far away from the reality of flying cars ...
Task # 6 - Mashups & trading cards.
I remember when a trading card used to be a little fairy or a dog picture that came with my bubble gum packet. Now I can put my own/family/friends pics on and swap them elecontronically! Amazing. Here is a mashup I found on flickr - can you tell?
Task # 5 Discover Flickr
heya! Well I've just had a play with flickr. Interesting to see the things that people are willing to publish to a public site. Definately more convenient to publish photos to a site, rather than try to email thousands of pics around as an attachment. Very smart thinking of some clever cookie! Here is a photo of "Karmel Market" in Tel Aviv. Did you know that "Carmel" means "garden" in hebrew?
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