Skipping through images ahead to ... (Thing 7)

I’m cheating. I skipped ahead to Thing 7 over 5 and 6---just because I felt like it!

This mosaic from Big Huge Labs may seem like a series of architectural photos—which they are—but they’re all different domes from the original Chicago Public Library. Connecting the images to my current Thing is sort of a stretch since one represents history and one represents the future, but, underneath the stained glass and networked computers, we’re libraries.

Libraries were founded on the radical principle that all people were capable of governing themselves and that the only thing they lacked was an educational vehicle to provide the necessary intelligence. Today's libraries still function on the principle that all citizens deserve equal access to information, even though now our information is delivered in largely digital format. Computers or books, libraries still serve as the radical meeting point where all patrons have access to the information they seek.

And how do I want to use this image tool in my library? I want to mosaic my library’s website header and make a shifting pattern of our library’s photo. That would be cool.

For me, this project was just fun. And skipping ahead on Things wasn’t my only sin; I made a vanity graphic. Enjoy … it describes me.