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Hello there! I'm 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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 We’ve talked a lot about RSS readers (and their various benefits and challenges) over the past six years. I think many of us have loved and relied on Google Reader and Bloglines and such. But increasingly, I feel like the RSS reader is about to give way to something else. And it’s pretty exciting. K, … Read On! There’s More!  Image by Bart Heird, via Flickr Gah. So I’m already at October with this monthly project. In some ways, it’s been a valuable undertaking. But you know what? I’m still feeling pretty much as info-unhealthy as I did in January. Seems like every time I’ve made a small victory in cleaning up my information diet, … Read On! There’s More!  In August, I thought a lot about blog comments. “How do I get more comments?” is the second most-frequent question I get asked about blogging. (The first is still “How can I get more readers?”) And yet, sadly, I think we can mostly agree that blog-commenting is on the decline. I’m hearing from more and more … Read On! There’s More!  Not to sound like a broken record or anything, but July was also a pretty expensive month in terms of my attention – in that the lion’s share of it went to my nephew (and before that, the book). Still, I did pay a little attention here and there to the quality of my … Read On! There’s More!  This will be a short report this month, as we’re in the home stretch of the book deadline. Think good thoughts! As my weekly Google+ project continues, I’m noticing that people are adding me to their Circles. I always go look at their profiles, because I’m hoping to connect with interesting people on G+. …Only, more … Read On! There’s More!  I thought I’d devote this month’s report on how I made my online info diet healthier to an update on my progress with Google+. If you missed last month’s report, I’ll just say that I think there’s huge potential for this tool, but for many reasons, too few of us are using it effectively … 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!  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!  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!  Whew! That was quick. It’s already time to report on the first month of my “Healthier Online Diet” project! So, when I announced this thing, I said that my first decision would be to choose a few ideas each month that I wanted to focus on, and apply that filter to my online time. You know … Read On! There’s More! |
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