Just back from the downtown event that was part of the Worldwide Photowalk. Over 900 cities hosted their own event where photo-oriented folks gathered together to walk around and take pictures of what they saw. Reminded me of my Project365 days. So, about 25 of so of us tromped around the Old City, downtown, Market Square (home of a very popular and vibrant Famers’ Market) and other places such as that capturing images of what makes our local area unique.
Just knowing folks around the world are doing the same feels really cool. Once again, through the power of social media and networking, we are able to share both in the experience itself and then what we felt about it after it is over.
Thanks to the organizers for creating the event!
Here is the slideshow of my photos:
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So, instead of a photo a day, you could just do a time lapse video of the same spot:
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With a whirlwind o’ travels over the past two weeks, I am (yet again) woefully behind on my POW postings.
Funny, I met someone at the conference last week who I follow on Flickr because I recognized her from her pictures. She also follows me and we had a nice face to face conversation. One of the things we talked about was our Project 365. She had to let hers go for a long while and is trying to decide whether to just start over or try to get back into it “already in progress”. I was telling her how much trouble I am having just keeping up with one picture a week instead of the daily photo..in some ways, it seems much harder than the P365 postings did. Hmm..
Anyway – get ready for a few photos coming in fast and furious as I go hit Flickr in a minute!
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Interesting that I stumbled upon (but not via StumbleUpon strangely enough) this post today since I have been thinking about my little ole’ T-F corner of the blogosphere (can a sphere actually have a corner? I digress…)
With the end of the P365 project last month, my posting volume has certainly declined. I am still blogging at my two school blogs but not here as much. Hmmmmm. And, then one of my three readers told me that she missed the photos but was still reading the blog. That got me mulling over the purpose of this blog. Why have it?
I started it for a few reasons:
- To grab a domain name for email that was not tied to any service
- To learn how to set up and maintain WordPress
- To get into blogging at some level for my own personal education and creative outlet
The P365 got me into the habit of blogging with (mostly daily) frequency, which was another of the goals of that project beyond the photos.
Now, I guess I need to take some time to find the focus of this blog or decide if it really needs a focus. I’m not trying to make money, I have no dream to be a full-time blogger (but I admire some who are and more who are not). I consider T-F a place to share thoughts, capture some odd ideas or things I find out on the interweb and a way for folks who know me to stay connected. Those all seem like great reasons. But, are they too selfish? Nah!
At first, when I saw this term “ego-blogging” from Michele Martin.. it got to me a bit because I was afraid that if I started getting too much into naval-gazing, it would become an ego-blog. Do. Not. Want.
But, according to Michele, “ego-blogging is when I write a post primarily because I’m hoping that it will get me noticed and that others will link to me.”
I don’t think that is what I am doing here at T-F. I guess that is a good thing. I’m sure I will continue to think about this blog its purpose in my life but I will also continue to just put stuff up here because it interests me and (hopefully) my three readers as well!
Thanks for listening!
The Bamboo Project Blog: Ego-Blogging
Image: ‘Hmmm‘
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Archiving the Project 365. Here are some links for calendar views in Flickr (which I quite like)
2006
2007
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This is it…the last photo of my Project 365. These are my good friends in the area who join us each month for our movie nite. We celebrated my birthday eve and watched “Little Shop of Horrors” Big Fun!
As I look over this past year in photos, I’m sure to find that the majority of the pictures were kittens (it was their first year, of course) but I also bet there will be plenty of pictures of food, fun with friends and life being lived. Can’t ask for more than that, now can we?
Off to start another 45 years!
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Look what my sweetie planted for me for my birthday. We are calling them the radioactive mums!!
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Today’s the day…my first 5K. I got my number 799. So, my goal was to finish in less than 799 minutes. I did. More photos in another set. I think Wren, my support crew, was trying to do her best monster impression for this picture!
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Went to Asheville (again?) on a short notice trip to meet with a good friend who was in from upstate NY. The fun thing about Asheville is that you never know what you will see downtown. This time, a little girl in a purple wig with her puppy.
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Ah…love the happy accident. What was supposed to be a basic photo of a line of bowling balls becomes all artsy-fartsy due to the wrong setting on the camera. But, I liked this one better!
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