Archive for November, 2009

Interview: Coffee with a Canine

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November 30, 2009
Interview: Coffee with a Canine

I don't often get interview requests out of the blue, and I certainly don't get them from non-crafts sites. So when I got an email from Marshal Zeringue over at Coffee with a Canine, I was both psyched and skeptical. And now my wee interview about me and Cleo is up over there. If...
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Kicking the Collective Ass of an Industry

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November 28, 2009
Kicking the Collective Ass of an Industry

In the couple of weeks since the Twitter fail I wrote about, I've had some very interesting conversations with people in the yarn industry about business use of social media, and specifically about the role TNNA could and/or should play in educating yarn-related businesses about it. Yesterday I tweeted this: And then I figured I should...
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Eight years…

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November 24, 2009
Eight years…

...ago today, we got hitched in our living room. (Photo from Pam Bethel's photobooth at our friends' wedding last weekend.)
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On Being a Feminist Around Business People

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November 23, 2009
On Being a Feminist Around Business People

When I was working full-time in yarn, one of my primary motivators was to be a good feminist. In addition to having the opportunity to talk to people of all sorts about creativity and craft, I got to talk to a vast array of women about trusting themselves, trying new things, taking risks, accepting...
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Reconnecting

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November 12, 2009
Reconnecting

I hadn't anticipated having such a good time with the Whatcom Weaver's Guild last night. I mean, I'm not a weaver*. And it had been many months since I'd given a crochet talk. And would the weavers be interested in a crochet talk? I mean, I wasn't worried about it, I just, well, I...
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Twitter Fail (or How NOT to Lead an Industry Online)

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November 10, 2009
Twitter Fail (or How NOT to Lead an Industry Online)

Today I had a most baffling exchange on Twitter. It was actually the most baffling exchange I've ever had on Twitter, and that's saying something. I spend a lot of time on Twitter. I've made friends through it, I stay in touch with friends on it, I get work through it, I interact on...
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Writing a Novel in a Month (and Other Fun Stuff)

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November 1, 2009
Writing a Novel in a Month (and Other Fun Stuff)

I didn't finish my novel last November, but I'm going to try very hard to finish one this November. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, get thee to the National Novel Writing Month website, stat). This despite the nagging reality that, at mid-afternoon on November 1st, I have almost no idea what...
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