week 3, thing 7: write about anything techie

This comes after playing around a little on Flickr (and I mean a little - do not pretend to have any idea of all of its features):

All through the school year, we (educators, teachers) emphasize the importance of including citations, according to whatever style guidelines your assignment calls for. We emphasize the importance of crediting the source of articles, books... primarily print- or text-based mediums. It is important to keep the original intact.

But with Flickr, it's different. Not only can I take your pictures (who hasn't indulged in a little shameless cut and paste?), I can doctor them up a thousand ways with mashups, and then save them. Messing around with the original is the point.

Granted, playing a game of sudoku with hamster pictures is not the equivalent of writing a paper and crediting sources using a particular format. However, this exercise has made me think about the difference between visual/audio file sharing and the "usual" written word.