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Sharing photos online – finally something I’m familiar with and love to do! Ever since I got my first digital camera back in 2003 for my high school graduation present, I’ve been uploading photos to the web. The first photo sharing website I used was Webshots and I thought it was the coolest thing for everyone to be able to see my pics simply by emailing a link or placing it in my Instant Messenger profile.
Then Facebook came along and I think that’s when my obsession with taking pictures to document my college years really began. You could “tag” people and leave ridiculous comments and embarrass your friends with those horrible photos to no end. Until we realized that, one day all these pictures just might come back to haunt to us. Before this realization my friends and I didn’t care what pictures were on there – doing a keg stand…puking in the toilet, chugging drinks on top of the bar, whatever, it was all in good spirit. Now, as young adults trying to get our first real job, we’re a little hesitant about what photos go on Facebook and Myspace. But, believe me I still post pictures 
I have a photobucket account that I constantly use to find images on to use on Myspace but I decided to set up a Flickr account for something new.
Through Flickr, you can create photo sets, which are online photo albums, so others can easily browse your pictures. Or, view the photos as a slide show. You can also develop a personal profile and even create groups.I thought it was annoying that you have to sign up for a yahoo account…why can’t you use your email address you have now? The Flickr account set up was really easy though. The pics were a little slow to upload but that could just be due to the large file sizes or my Internet connection. I loved how you organize photos into sets and you can give huge descriptions of the photos. The map feature was awesome and I really want to start using that
I think this would be a great site to use in the classroom, if our school’s filter didn’t block the site…
Final thoughts: Don’t post pictures that will come prevent you from getting a job in the future or get you fired from your current one 
Use common sense people!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lishaj/
check out my pics ^
Social Bookmarking. What was wrong with using that star icon on our browser? Ha. Well, when deciding on what bookmarking website to use, I was torn between Furl.com and Delicious.com. I finally decided on Delicious and I actually like it! I use a computer at school and a different one at home so I always had two lists of favorites with the exact same information on them. Now, all I have to do is use Delicious anywhere, anytime!