Pintrest: updated with link and info

[Tuesday Afternoon]

anyone ...

Pinterest / Home
A content sharing service that allows members to "pin" images, videos and other objects to their pinboard. Also includes standard social networking features such as ...

Everything
DIY & Crafts
Food & Drink
Popular
Humor
Hair & Beauty

http://pinterest.com/

[Wait Wut]

1. Fancy name for...

...a beer coaster?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. fancy name for an internet bulletin board .

[csziggy]

2. Pinterest?

A lot of crafts people seem to like it. That's about all I know about it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. all the girls at work are hot for it now --

I have finally broken down and created a board . Something to do on a cold winter's night .

[csziggy]

6. I've known some people to use it to pin ideas

For projects. I think that would be a neat use, though I wouldn't want to make mine public if I did it.

It's sort of like Facebook and Twitter as far as I'm concerned. If I wanted to be that social, I'd spend more time actually around people.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. just trying to be -one of the girls-

ugh.

really though I thought I would see what it is all about ... I don't twitter and I don't FB.

[agracie]

11. Neither do I ... We are SO OUT OF IT !!!

[csziggy]

13. I've got an acquaintance trying to get me to Skype

I barely talk to people on the landline phone! I hate talking on a cell phone. VOIP always sounds like it's underwater and I don't expect Skype to be any better!

I've been using online forums for twenty years or more and communicate better by typing (and editing a LOT) than by talking.

Pinterest does seem to be a neat way to accumulate visual things. I'm not sure if the images are actually stored on your page or if they are only linked. I keep hitting Pinterest pages when I am looking for examples of specific needlework projects.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. oh yeah... I think it could be a great thing for needlework projects or, really

projects of all kinds.

[csziggy]

17. Exactly

And I might end up using it for that. I'm involved with my local EGA (Embroiderers' Guild of America) group and will be suggesting projects for next year. Sometimes the pictures provided are not very good and I can find better on the internet, or there are variations in colors offered but the listing for the project only shows one color possibility. Having them on a web page for our members to compare might be useful.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. you can pin the pictures from the other sites to your Pintrest Board -- right?

You can set up your board how you want it, if I am understanding correctly what I am hearing and reading.

[csziggy]

19. No clue - guess we both need to play with it!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. I think you can. Have you started a board yet? I have and there is a way to pin from other sites. Go

to the Add Tab ---

Add

Pin images from any website as you browse the web with the “Pin It” button.
Add a Pin
Upload a Pin
Create a Board

[csziggy]

22. No, I haven't tried to start one yet

I'm still getting up to speed after various events over the last month. We're going out of town for the next week so I won't get a chance to look until February.

That's the other reason I don't get into most of the social sites - I have too much to keep up with now! I haven't updated my blog for about a year now - and I've got lots I could have put on it.

[VenusRising]

28. They now have private boards on Pinterest.

You can have up to 3 boards that no one has access to unless you specifically invite them to see your boards.

[In_The_Wind]

34. I didn't have the time for the grand tour at Pinterest today.

But I know I won't forget about it.
It would be a huge help for me if I start a Answer In GIFs Only thread.

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[agracie]

5. So then is Finterest a site for fish lovers ? n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. or maybe Old Cars ?!

[agracie]

9. Anyone for Sinterest ?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. now, then you could have a money maker there ! although I am not sure how Pintrest makes money -

advertising ... maybe

[Ptah]

12. Love this tent!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. yeah, me too!

and. yeah - you get the gist of it.

I think it is more of a "female" thing. The guys I know - make fun of it.

[csziggy]

16. OMG - my husband will LOVE this tent!

His family traveled and camped out of a VW van. Five kids, two adults for a month at a time in a VW van. My idea of hell on earth, his fond memories of his childhood.

[Lars39]

21. Crafts, home dec and organization how-to's is what go me hooked.

Helping me get thru winter,too...

[Grammy23]

23. Recipes, craft ideas, favorite sayings, fashion, wedding planning

hints for new moms, books you like, places you have visited (want to visit), music links, YouTube favorites,
hair styles, household hints, photography tutorials, organization for just about anything, links to Free Fonts.

And this is a tiny list of the stuff you can find there. They have recently introduced "private boards", although I have not started one yet. It's for planning things that you do not wish to share. As for the regular boards, people can "follow" your boards, especially if they like your style and the things you post. Your pins can be repinned if they are popular. I suppose if you wanted to you could make all of your boards private.

But be warned, it is addicting and can eat up hours of your time, kind of like a certain other place I visit from time to time, especially during election season. Ahem.

Great resource for lots and lots of subjects and is suitable for men or women, but women seem to be the primary pinners and users. If you can find it on the internet and want to "bookmark" it in an easy, organized way, Pinterest might be for you. I spend a large portion of my Pinterest time just looking at other pins and repinning them to my boards so I can find them when I want to later.

As for Skype, it is a great tool (free) and makes talking with friends and relatives so much better since you can see each other and show each other things like projects you're working on or something you bought and want to show off. It is sooo much better than a regular phone call. I love it and my niece and I call all the time on Skype and share a cup of coffee and a face to face chat!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. yes, and all the girls at work rave about it. They are using it to plan weddings, showers, etc

design and decorate their homes, share recipes ... that type of thing.

[In_The_Wind]

25. Look what I found at pinterest:

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I'm gonna enjoy wandering around in this place.



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[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. isn't that gorgeous ?! Enjoy! Let me know if you join and invite me, OK ?

[In_The_Wind]

27. I wish I had the time to join. Maybe later.

I'm beginning to see clear spaces, still unpacking and trying to figure out where to stash all my goodies before I drive down to Florence later on this year. I have a storage bin with a carload of good stuff that I want to bring home.

FYI ~ Cleaning out My Inbox is gonna need a way bigger dumpster if things don't calm down
in The MIRT Lounge.

just sayin'

[littlemissmartypants]

32. Totally fun. It is hard to say which I am more addicted to this or that.

Thanks for the ruby slippers gif the other day.

[In_The_Wind]

35. Use them wisely, littlemissmartypants.

They're magical doncha know.




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[littlemissmartypants]

36. Thank you.

[VenusRising]

29. I've been using it for over a year, and I love it!

I can't tell you how many recipes, hints, tips, and the like I've tried because of it.

It's sort of like the neatest things on the internet all in one place.

Hi, Tuesday Afternoon!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. Haven't seen you in ages!

[VenusRising]

31. I know.

School has been keeping me pretty busy. I hardly ever have time to get to the Lounge anymore.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. It is a great way to store bookmarks also.

I need visuals to help remind me what about the link made me want to go back. It is a lot of fun. Peace. lmsp

[love_katz]

37. I love it.

And, like Grammy23 said, I end up spending way too much time on it.

I think I have an addiction to information, especially information that looks like it could be useful. I could spend the next 30 years trying out all of the hints and ideas!

[AngryOldDem]

38. A co-worker planned her entire wedding using Pintrest.

That meant, of course, that she did little to no work from the months of January to June.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

39. It amazes me how many people come to work and get paid to work on private projects.

These girls made their Halloween costumes at work. Plan and write invitations to parties and showers at work. Have hour long gossip sessions in the back office ... etc. etc. etc.

Have no concern about walking passed a person to give another person an invitation to these parties. Is that rude or I am overly sensitive?

[AngryOldDem]

41. No, you're not being overly sensitive.

It became a real sore spot for me. We work in a tight-deadline environment where things sometimes have to be turned around in five minutes or less, and sometimes even without a deadline the work piles up. I would be working my tail off, and I would look over and she'd be perusing wedding dresses, totally oblivious.

[logosoco]

40. I enjoy it. Between here, Reddit and Facebook I feel connected.

It is a great place for sharing ideas and getting inspiration.
The format makes it easy for when you get online and think "now, where did i see that?"

I would have loved this (and lets face it, the internet period), when my kids were little.I find new things to do with the grandsons that I never did (or forgot about) when my kids were little.

The past few weeks I have been depressed over some things and I can get on there and scroll through the humor page and feel much better.