10:46:40 PM EST
Where In The World Is Flat Scalzi
Yep, that's right, it's the return of Flat Scalzi! I saw him just yesterday here in Berkeley, California. He was strolling across the Cal Berkeley campus. Have you seen Flat Scalzi in your neighborhood? If so, download the photo of Flat Scalzi, grab your camera, take a picture, then write your own Flat Scalzi entry, and we will feature your link here.
I wonder where in the world Flat Scalzi will end up next?
-Carly
Flat Scalzi Sightings...
Houston
Tucson
Florida
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8:34:45 PM EST
Help Us Thank Our Blogfather!
John Scalzi has announced
that his contract with AOL runs out at the end of this year and is not
being renewed, as he moves on to devote more time to his award-winning
writing elsewhere. Please help us thank him for over four years of his
humor and helpfulness to all of us with AOL Journals and to the greater
blogging community. Leave your comment below, and we will include it in
the next new entry. If you've written a tribute on your own blog,
leave us the link and we'll pass it on.
Also, please see the entries below for more reasons to appreciate Scalzi, and more ways to join in the celebration. Thanks!
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7:46:22 PM EST
Feeling Mischievous
Thanks for the Monday Photo Shoot!
John
Scalzi's Monday Photo Shoot became a regular feature on
By The Way on March 7, 2005. Two plus years on and hundreds of Monday Shoots later
the basic promise of the Monday photo meme has remained the same. In
John Scalzi's words:
"I suggest a thing to photograph, and you either
go out and photograph it, or, if you already have a suitable photograph
you want to share, go ahead use that. Then post the photo on your own
AOL Journal, and then just come back here and post a link in the
comments."Simple and easy to participate are the two
ingredients of a great meme but it did take a while for photo sharing via
Journals to gain momentum. Photo sharing in 2003 and 2004 was a dicey
process at best. Online photo sharing services offered photo sharing
but in a limited context like e-mail or password protected gallery
viewing. By 2005 enough Journalers had mastered the choices of
FTP,
Photobucket,
AOL Pictures and other photo services to make the Monday
Photo Shoot a reality.
On a Monday in March of 2005, John
Scalzi asked
to see our Sunsets and the AOL Journal community responded. A photo meme was born.
Starting with
Sunsets to the current topic of "
Frosty," the Monday
Photo Shoot has let participants share their photos through the
community lens. Our
Graduations, our
Fireworks, our
Holiday
Celebrations and, of course, our
Pets all became subjects for the Monday
Photo Shoot cameras. Great photography, good photography or snapshots,
it did not matter just as long as you posted a photo to your Journal
and posted your link on time. People noticed, looked in and
commented on the photos shared.
Connections were made and
friendships formed around the Monday photos. Buddy Lists grew as people
discovered not only did they write about similar topics, they also
admired the same scenery and used the same camera brands. Shutterbugs,
snapshot takers and photo story weavers all crossed paths every Monday
on John Scalzi's
By The Way. A visual conversation of sorts began to happen in comments across the Journal community.
"Where was that photo taken?"
"Pretty!"
"What is that?"
"Who is that?"
"How can I make my photos bigger?"
"That's Amazing!"
"What camera do you have?"
"Nice to finally see you."
"Wow - how do you do that?"
"I want one of those"
"Nice blue sky, it's raining here."
"You just made me hungry!"
"I have the exact same rug!!!!!"
"I just see a red X"
"Awwwww, she's lovely."
We communicated through our pictures while admiring the results of the Monday Photo Shoots. Sharing photos each Monday on
By The Way. Good fun.
What
are your recollections? The Best Monday Photo Shoot ever? Your favorite
topic? Your favorite shutterbug?
Whose photos did you always want to
see? Post your links to your own entries in comments about
participating in the Monday Photo Shoot and we'll share them here on
the Scalzi Celebration blog in the coming days.
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11:34:26 AM EST
Feeling Chillin'
Thank You For The Weekend Assignments
A Tribute To The Weekend Assignments
Since John Scalzi first introduced the Weekend Assignments, way back in April of 2004, we had been assigned 195 different topics! We have tackled everything from Kitchen Tips, to Random Things About Ourselves, to our current Weekend Assignment: Way Back When. Along the way, I have certainly had my favorite editions of the Weekend Assignment, how about you?
Lets show our appreciation to John, for all his hard work by picking a past edition of the Weekend Assignments, and sharing it again with him. Just leave us the link, in the comment thread for this entry, to a particular Weekend Assignment you really enjoyed doing, and we will post the link right here in this entry. You can also take a past topic, and post a completely new entry for it on your blog or journal. Either way is fine.
See you soon!
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