As Vincent Browne would say I'm now on the Twitter Machine. This I like. My new phone (did I mention it already?) allows me to add the tweeters I follow into my contacts - how cool is that!
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Just Wrong...
I'm a big fan of designer Abigail Ahern and this is one of her rooms - all dark and moody. But do you see the wallpaper pretending to be a book shelf? I've noticed this wallpaper in Elle Decoration and Living etc and on numerous design blogs and it is on its way to becoming a design classic. I can't go with this one I'm afraid - its like the pubs buying books by the yard for the olde worlde feel. Sometimes things are just wrong.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
The Sartorialist
I'm sure you all know this blog...The Sartorialist...pictures of cool people taken on cool streets.
The images above are from this blog. This is what librarians should look like!
Wallpaper
Looking for some quirky vintage wallpaper for one wall in my daughter's room. I love this. This is from the blog Fine Little Day. This family has the coolest house. I love vintage sixties and seventies wallpaper. I've been know to cover the odd wall or lampshade with the groovy stuff.
I hate facebook but will you still be my friend? Please? Pretty Please...
I'm sorry I just do. I can see why it would be useful. I just don't like it. I don't understand it. I had an account but I deactivated it today. The idea of asking / begging for friends. The idea of being accepted as a friend or not. The idea of being defriended. The idea of counting virtual friends. I love blogging, I love reading blogs, I like Delicious and Library thing. I think RSS feeds are useful. I have a smart phone (one week old....happy birthday babe!) I have downloaded my first app. Get me and my App! (My Track in case you're interested - maps your run, where, how far, heart rate, etc) but I HATE Facebook.
Is Social Media a Fad?
Looked at the socialnomics video - hard to argue. I don't think it's a fad. I think it's the way we do business. I was wondering on Tuesday morning whether or not to bother to tell my daughter that Osama Bin Laden was dead. Is this worth mentioning to a 13 year old - do they really need to know this stuff? She knew already...she got a chain text via her mobile. Enough said. The news finds us now.
I can see the benefit of Twitter. I think when a big news story unfolds too quickly for print media (recent election) social media comes into its own. I've been a reader of the Irish Times since College (late 80's / early 90's gulp) but you knew the Times was a day behind with the news...we can no longer live with this.
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