On Press Releases
In case this hasn’t been clear, I am not a media outlet. A lot of bloggers have written about how they’d like to be approached by publicists and a lot of discussion has ensued about […]
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From Make & Meaning: All Work and No Play…
This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on May 7th, 2010. So, I’m not at a conference right now. Actually, I’m visiting my parents in advance of my dad’s surgery. […]
Flattr: One Step Closer to Sustainable Blogging
Money’s been at the front of my brain lately. I need to make more, and stat. I’m in one of those dry spells that always come ’round at some point or another in creative business. […]
Housekeeping!
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 […]
Northern Voice 2010: The Great, the Meh and the Ugly
I didn’t much enjoy attending the Northern Voice personal blogging conference last year, but I decided to give it another go this year, for several reasons. First and foremost, in the last fifteen months I’ve […]
New Project: Make & Meaning – Creative Community in Conversation
Our first few posts are already up, and given that there are six of us that means you have a good hour of reading ahead of you. I’ve written so far about getting out of a crafting dry spell and about my favourite topic: opinions. I’d love to hear from you about those pieces, and in general I’m psyched about the discussion and community that will hopefully build up around this new project.
What’s a Blogger?
Yesterday, in a fit of bluntness, I let loose on Twitter an idea I’ve been simmering for a long time. If you’ve disabled commenting on your blog, I’m gonna go ahead and say you’re not […]
Where Are the Crochet Bloggers?
Yesterday on Twitter, designer Vashti Braha started listing crocheters who use the service. She did so in response to Amie Hirtes‘ tweet wondering where all the crocheters are. Ah, yes. Where on earth are the […]
Northern Voice: Missing Big Conversation, Loving Small Example
This is take two of a post I started writing yesterday. I’ve tossed that post, but I’ll sum up: I didn’t love the Northern Voice blogging and social-media conference. I enjoyed hanging out with Carol […]
