A Toast to Craftypod
Today, Sister Diane announced that she’s ending the Craftypod podcast after a seven-year run. It’s a sad day, and I’d like to take a minute to remember how much good Diane did for the crafts community by talking into our ears for so many years. Beyond inspiring us with actual crafts, Diane has started or fostered countless important conversations about crafting, crafty business, online communication, and media. She’s encouraged, supported and inspired us, and she’s given a voice to so many people whose stories have touched others. Personally, Diane taught me how...
Read MoreCopyright, Creative Commons and Crafts
I haven’t written about copyright here in a long time, but you all know it’s my pet obsession, right? Whenever I tumble down its rabbit hole I end up growing and shrinking and losing track of reality until I eventually claw my way out – bloody, exhausted and filthy. Thankfully, when Sister Diane asked me to be on Craftypod to talk about my pet topic, she had a specific focus in mind – Creative Commons for crafters. She also had lawyer Martin Ertl of LexPublica/Contractually on the show. He did a great job outlining the legal bits, and I spoke specifically about how and why...
Read MoreHousekeeping!
So many little things collecting in my brain, and I haven’t set any of them down here. Time to remedy that! *Rolls in my trusted bulleted list.* After a decade wondering what it would be like, I was on the radio. Not live radio, but radio all the same. In a studio, with a schmancy microphone. Sheryl MacKay interviewed me about Mighty Ugly for British Columbia CBC’s arts and culture show North by Northwest last weekend. It’s the first segment in the May 8th podcast, which you can download here, or here’s a direct link to the mp3. After six weeks wondering what it...
Read MoreNameless Podcast Episode 1: Diversifying with Jenny Ryan
I’ve decided to call it Episode 1, which would seem to imply I’m planning on having an Episode 2. So, you know. Yay, podcasting. In this first episode, I talk with Jenny Ryan about all the projects she has going on—a truly diverse array. She’s blogging professionally, runs the urban craft fair Felt Club, has a new book out, and just teamed up with a brick-and-mortar store. And after we talk about all that, we geek out over Buffy, Dollhouse, and Freaks and Geeks. (Jenny and I actually first talked online last summer during the let’s-do-a-Joss-Whedon interview...
Read MoreWelcome, Craftypod and Cast On Listeners!
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking with Sister Diane of Craftypod and Brenda Dayne of Cast On for their amazing—and wonderfully different—podcasts. If this is your first visit to my blog, please take a look around and write a comment to say hello. Subscribe to the blog (link in the top-right) to follow the peaks and valleys of my creative adventure, and follow me on Twitter for teenier, more frequent updates and thoughts. I’d love to hear what you think about the things we discussed in the interview(s). If you’re reading this but didn’t know I had an epic...
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