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May 30

Create Tags for Your Flickr Pics in No Time with 2Tagger

May 30, 2008 • View Comments • Other Social Networks

We all know tags are important. Tags are a service to other people, because they connect people to the content they have been looking for. I see the value in tagging, I just hate doing it.

If you have photos you want to tag quickly, 2tagger is a Flickr mashup that will allow you to either:
1.) Plug in one tag and then you will get to choose from a group of very similar tags.
2.) Choose a spot on a map, and then pick from similar tags used in that area.
3.) Use your GPS enabled phone, and 2tagger will pick this spot where the picture was taken and then offer you tags often used in that area.

2tagger does already work with the iPhone. Considering how hard it would be to effectively tag from a phone, it seems like it could be very useful.

2tagger is currently just in test mode and should be more feature rich soon. Thanks to Todd Huffman for pointing out his latest project to me.

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May 06

$20 Will Help a Family Reconnect after the Burma Cyclone

May 6, 2008 • View Comments • Social Media for Social Good

We all saw the horrible Katrina aftermath. We saw the disconnect people felt after the tsunami. It appears as if Mother Nature has struck again, this time in Burma. A cyclone has left at least 25,000 people dead and millions in a chaotic state of having no means to connect or communicate with others.

So people in Burma don’t have Twitter or Brightkite to connect. A lot of the time, they don’t even have internet because the totalitarian military government shuts it off to prevent people from discussing the killing of pacifists. What some of them have phones. There are many Burmese refugees here in Austin. These people have no idea if their families back home are alive or dead. If you’d like to help them reconnect with their families, just follow these instructions. It will only take five minutes:
1.) Go to www.speedypin.com.
2.) Choose USA–>Myanmar (not what Burmese people like it called, but that’s all a lot of people know)
3.) Buy a “Gemini” calling card. It is best to give these out in $10 increments so they can get spread around equally. Just fill out your own information, as you will just receive the pin in an email.
4.) I would not opt for auto-recharge, as there is no telling where this would go.
5.) You will be receiving an email eventually. Just forward this email to borntohelp(at)earthlink.net. This is Elaine Allan’s email. She helps Burmese refugees here in town and will be more than happy to give the PIN numbers to them.

If you have any problems with this process, please let me know via email at michelle(at)michellesblog.net

There is no need to sit back and idly watch the news if there is something you can do to help. Take a few minutes out of your day to make a difference, and pass this along to someone else who looks bummed. Hit the tiny Digg button at the bottom. After all, helping others physiologically makes you happier.

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