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Hello there! I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?
 
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 Image by samk, via Flickr Money continues to be pretty tight around here, post-tax-paying, but whatever! This project must go on. I’m stepping a little out of the crafty realm with my Free support this month. K and I attended one of our favorite events of the year over the weekend, the Stumptown Comics Fest. Portland … Read On! There’s More!  Image by -Jeffrey-, via Flickr We had a great discussion a while back about how blogging is changing. We talked about the “post keeping-up era,” where all of us are tending to let go of the ideal of staying current with hundreds of blogs. And we talked about what this means for bloggers in terms … Read On! There’s More!  So, this month my thinking about online information diet health centered around Google+. Boy, would I love for it to be a better social media tool for the craft community. Don’t get me wrong – it is a wonderful social media tool. In my opinion, much better-designed and usable than Facebook. (I’ve made no secret … Read On! There’s More!  Image by Roadsidepictures, via Flickr I’ve been trying to write this post for nearly four years. It’s difficult and complicated to say what I want to say, in a way that doesn’t sound any of the ways I fear it will sound. I’m grateful to Tara, Elizabeth and K for their feedback and suggestions. Even the … Read On! There’s More!  Image by joannapoe, via Flickr This was one of those months I knew would come in this little project – a month where money was extremely tight. It’s tax time, and for reasons that would bore you into a stupor if I were to utter one word of them, we’re juggling a lot of payouts … Read On! There’s More!  The month of March blew through here surprisingly quickly, so it’s already time to report on what I did this month to keep my online diet healthier. This month, I thought long and hard about audience numbers. This theme came up in last month’s report, too – if I may be allowed to paraphrase … Read On! There’s More!  Today, I have a guest post up over at Oh My! Handmade Goodness. It’s about how craft bloggers have emerged as a primary marketing engine for the craft industry, and what this means. At heart, I think we’re at a point where marketers are targeting craft bloggers more and more, and this raises some important … Read On! There’s More!  Image from mpujals, via Flickr Just a quick announcement today… I’ve just listed my online class offerings for this summer! (In case you want to mark calendars.) In May, we’ll have another session of the ever-popular Craft Blog Tune-Up. If you’ve started a blog but are having trouble deciding where to take it, or you’ve been … Read On! There’s More!  Image by katybird, via Flickr WHOOOSH! goes another month, and it’s time to report on how I supported some Free. Can any of you do something about the velocity of this new year? It’s kinda freaking me out. OK… I have three things to report this time. First, I eagerly signed up for Hanna’s annual DIY … Read On! There’s More!  As I mentioned in last month’s report, I’ve spent February thinking about the health of my online information diet as it relates to blogs. I do think we’re spinning into a big evolution in how we consume blogs, so I tried this month to pay close attention to how I respond to the blogs … Read On! There’s More! |
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