Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’

Potpourri Warns Us of Dangerous Animals

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Another week, and another round up of links from around the Web (Yes, I heard about AP’s decision. They’re wrong. Web is a proper noun when referring to the Internet, which should also be capitalized.) Anyway, there’s rampaging dinosaurs and cat safety and thieving magpies all hiding in today’s links. Enjoy!

Ravelry and You

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Or more precisely, Ravelry and Me. We’ve talked about my knitting before. A lot. If you’re not interested in more about my knitting, then run and hide, because this post is for all my stitches. Today I want to talk about Ravelry.

For those who aren’t in the know, ravelry.com is a social media site for knitters and crocheters – a place to knitwork – I mean network – with other fiber-friendly folks who will understand your addictions. It’s got a lot of knitter specific stuff, like places to show off which books you own, or post pictures of yarn in your stash. It’s also got a place to talk about what you’re currently working on, as well as a way to track projects you’re thinking about for the future. For a slow knitter like myself, (I crawl at anything that’s not socks) such a site could be invaluable.

Of course, it’s a social media site, so I am terrible at it. This is why you don’t find me on facebook, and my Goodreads account is tired to this blog. I understand my limitations, and this is simply one of them.

That’s not to indicate that I don’t just adore Ravelry. It’s more a highlight of my own failings. Still I try to get out there once a month and poke around, update my Works-In-Progress, post some new pictures. All the things that a good member ought to do to look busy.

I don’t e-mail terribly often. And I don’t always respond as well (or as quickly) as I could, but I’m out there. I do (mostly) post pictures of my knitting out there. And I’m pretty easy to find (jchay). If you’re wandering about in Ravelry, go ahead and say high. I will even say hi back.

Sometime next month. Probably.