Publishing and Building Communities Around Digital Images: What's Happened in 15 Years

Back in 2004 I did presented at TCC on the idea of blogging and teaching around collections of photographs (http://mcli.cogdogblog.com/show/tcc04/photoblog/) then a thing called "photoblogging". How far have we come with these ideas in 15 years? The photos, the camera tools, the web sites we have are much improved. But what are we doing, can we do with maybe the most accessible technology tool, once most of us have in our pockets? How can images be used to communicate via metaphor? This session will explore the use of photographs in 2018 as a field observation tool, a creative/expressive outlet, forms of protest, and the ever spreading meme.

Participants will participate in the kinds of photo scavenger hunts and daily challenges I use in media classes, and will be able to contribute/share/discuss photos directly to a "SPLOT" site (e.g one using this available wordpress theme. https://github.com/cogdog/tru-collector)

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1. Publishing and Building Communities Around Digital Images What's Happened in 15 Years Alan Levine TCC 2019
2. Stuff https://cog.dog/show/2019/04/18/tcc-2019/
3. Take Photo Now! • View where you are • email photos@cogdogblog.com • subject: Name / Location • describe location • include: 
 [category tcc19]
 [tags myview]

4. Time travel to 2004
7. not til 2005 not til 2007
8. TCC 2004 http://mcli.cogdogblog.com/show/tcc04/photoblog/
9. blogging easy publishing • templates • reverse chronology • archives • search • comments • syndication
10. Blogging: Text Dominant
11. blogging easy publishing • templates • reverse chronology • archives • search • comments • syndication photo
12. Robert Burget Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 2004 A community like Buzznet can be a terrific vehicle to achieving the comfortable, fertile classroom environment I’m looking for. Buzznet does something valuable and unique; it allows students to communicate with each other outside of class. By sharing images with fellow classmates, an opportunity exists for sparking a comment, a conversation or a friendship. When students unabashedly share their individuality others learn from it.
13. Buzznet 2004 (Wayback) http://web.archive.org/web/20040930161643/http://arteach- sideshow.buzznet.com/user//
14. Buzznet 2004 (Wayback) http://web.archive.org/web/20040930161643/http://arteach- sideshow.buzznet.com/user//
15. Buzznet 2004 http://web.archive.org/web/20040929122445/http:// www.buzznet.com/www/about.php Based in Los Angeles, Buzznet Inc. creates and maintains Buzznet.com, a vibrant social network for Internet based photo communication. Buzznet also develops the photocommunication platform -- the first software of its kind in the blogging space. Which enables tens of thousands of individuals, organizations and corporations to participate in the Web's full potential by publishing photos and fostering communication between users with simple yet powerful software and services.
16. Buzznet 2019 http://buzznet.com/
17. “moblogging” textamerica.com fotolog.net 2004 https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_blogging
18. 2019 textamerican.com —> allroadsat.com
19. 2019 fotolog.net
20. Just Launched Feb 2004
21. 15 Years Later https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog
22. One Person, One Idea https://darcynorman.net/2007/12/31/2007365/
24. https://www.flickr.com/groups/366photos/ 267,000 photos
25. Personal Habit https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/collections/ 72157603606520335/
26. Five Card Stories http://5card.cogdogblog.com/ 21728 stories from 27k photos
27. http://pechaflickr.net/
28. The Daily Shoot http://dailyshoot.com/ (internet archive)
29. DS106 Daily Create January 8, 2012 http://tdc.ds106.us/tdc1/
30. DS106 Daily Create April 9, 2019 http://daily.ds106.us/tdc2645/ WordPress Theme https://github.com/cogdog/dailyblank 2644 dailies later…
31. DS106: Telling Stories With Photos http://ds106.us/open-course/unit-5-visual-storytelling/ http://bit.ly/better-photographers
32. DS106: Telling Stories With Photos http://ds106.us/open-course/unit-5-visual-storytelling/ Photo Safari Blitz
33. SPLOT? http://splot.ca/
34. PhotoBlogging 2019 http://photos.cogdogblog.com/ WordPress Theme https://github.com/cogdog/tru-collector
35. Publishing and Building Community Find a metaphor in a photo…
36. http://photos.cogdogblog.com/collect/
37. Thanks! Alan Levine @cogdog • http://cog.dog Presentation: https://cog.dog/show/2019/04/18/tcc-2019/ flickr photo by teliko82 https://flickr.com/photos/teliko82/2189579308 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license