Embracing the Ugly Side of Business: Video
Back at Hello Etsy in Portland over a year ago, I was pretty stoked to see that all the workshops were being recorded. Editing those videos and correcting for challenging sound conditions led to most […]
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It’s Pay-a-Blogger Day!
The brilliant and kind people at Flattr have deemed today to be a good day to take a few minutes to tangibly support the creators of the blogs we enjoy so much all year ’round. […]
The Fair, the Unfair and the Ugly: Working for Free and Working for Pay
A frequent discussion topic in the creative business world has cycled back around, and I want to chime in with a couple examples from my own experience. The topic is doing work for free (with […]
Remembering When I Felt Differently
Something occurred to me out of the blue today: during my last few months as editor of Interweave Crochet, as the company was beginning to focus more on the possibilities presented by online tools and […]
Small Biz Social Media Thinking: Interview with Tara Swiger
Continuing my informal series on small business social media use, I thought it’s about time we look at some concrete examples. Or, more specifically, at a concrete example. As a minor update, I’ve been told […]
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 […]
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, […]
Nameless 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 […]
Welcome, 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, […]
Giving Away Free Content As Publishing Industry Shakes Down
The publishing world is increasingly abuzz about its own struggling right now, and talk about the general need for publishers to adapt their business models (the music industry’s failure to seize the digital-distribution opportunity until […]
