bendo
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Post by bendo on Aug 28, 2014 11:54:04 GMT
So I don't do FB or Twitter, and I've got a few old-fashioned blogs so I don't really 'get' Tumblr. And I never got into Flickr, especially since Yahoo! retarped it. And I haven't been taking any new pics lately so what better way to recycle old content but to go on Pinterest. Although again I'm probably making an old person's mistake by putting up original content. It's all about just sharing shit you see on the net that's cool, right?
Anyhoo I "made" a "board" called "Viscount Bicycle" and it's got one lonely "pin" on it. Feel free to go and look at it. b
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Aug 29, 2014 18:36:44 GMT
I have some issues with Facebook that I can't quite put my finger on and consequently do not use it. I set up a Tumblr purely to create a free web site, but I notice most people use it like magpies nest. I find they re-post some of my things purely because of a tag word I put in there... Flickr- I agree, they messed it the user interface but the great attraction is the 2 bazzilion Terabytes free. I think I joined Pinterest way back but couldn't figure out the point of it.However, I just re-joined and 'pinned' some Viscount pics. I think I joined your board Bendo but not 100% sure?? And I even found a link to something that I hadn't seen before regarding Viscount folders www.foldingcyclist.com/Viscount-Spacemaster-folding-bike.html
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Post by velocipete on Aug 29, 2014 18:46:07 GMT
Can't get to grips with this site to be honest.Found a few interesting items,clicked and only got that photo.I'm sure it's just me,and works fine for others. Couldn't find bendo's board,again,probably just me. Cheers, Pete.
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Post by Jem on Aug 29, 2014 19:35:23 GMT
Can't get to grips with this site to be honest.Found a few interesting items,clicked and only got that photo.I'm sure it's just me,and works fine for others. Couldn't find bendo's board,again,probably just me. Cheers, Pete. To be honest, it isn't an intuitive site by any means. I thought I'd found Bendo's board but I now realise I haven't. There are no boards listed under 'Viscount bike' for me. The link I found was on a picture of that Viscount folder.
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bendo
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Post by bendo on Aug 29, 2014 23:49:59 GMT
Yeah I can't work it out either. None of my pins have come through into the main feed, and even when I click the "only your pins" button, it still comes up blank... I think the search function is not very sophisticated, e.g. it doesn't seem to extrapolate "bicycle" from just 'bike" or even 'bicycles". It may even be case sensitive.
But then I think the point of Pinterest is not to look for stuff, but to experience one, long "Gruen Transfer", i.e. the sudden erasing of your brain that happens as soon as you walk into a shopping centre. It's window shopping for ideas... Reminds me of the old joke, "People say I've got ADHD but hey look there's a rabbit."
But hey, if you want to see an info-graphic of the history of artisanal axes with paracord bindings tattoo-ed onto the arse of a lingerie model who's driving a futuristic Rolls-Royce concept hotrod, Pinterest is your man. b
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Post by bendo on Aug 29, 2014 23:50:27 GMT
Yeah I can't work it out either. None of my pins have come through into the main feed, and even when I click the "only your pins" button, it still comes up blank... I think the search function is not very sophisticated, e.g. it doesn't seem to extrapolate "bicycle" from just 'bike" or even 'bicycles". It may even be case sensitive.
But then I think the point of Pinterest is not to look for stuff, but to experience one, long "Gruen Transfer", i.e. the sudden erasing of your brain that happens as soon as you walk into a shopping centre. It's window shopping for ideas... Reminds me of the old joke, "People say I've got ADHD but hey look there's a rabbit."
But hey, if you want to see an info-graphic of the history of artisanal axes with paracord bindings tattoo-ed onto the arse of a lingerie model who's driving a futuristic Rolls-Royce concept hotrod, Pinterest is your man. b
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bendo
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Post by bendo on Aug 29, 2014 23:54:11 GMT
...or woman. Try this fun trick: sign up to Pinterest with two accounts: for one, say you're a bloke, for the other, say you're a woman. Check the different stuff that gets thrown at you. The chick's side of Tumblr is all muffin recipes and adorable craft ideas for you to try. And TOM's shoes. What's up with those anyway?
One thing I'll say about Pinterest in its favour, a lot of it is about stuff that people are doing themselves, not just mindless consumerism. So maybe the shopping mall analogy was unkind. ALthough it certainly makes you want to go shopping. b
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Aug 31, 2014 8:44:59 GMT
Bendo - I enjoyed your reflections on the interface of where the human mind meets the internet. And I loved the ADHD line. You remind me of a writer over here called Charlie Brooker, here is a sample of his stuff www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/11/want-to-silence-a-two-year-old-charlie-brookerMy wife often accuses me of not keeping on a task and being distracted - I reply by being in agreement and humbly nodding and then shout out "look! I can see a squirrel out of the window!" half way through. I had to Google 'Gruen Transfer', very interesting and spot on observation/theory. To prove the point I had only gone to do a quick check and ended up following links until I ended up at the Bader Minehoff Gang, Patti Hearst and the Stockholm Syndrome and then St Paul, and I am sure I would have ended up at Hitler not long after and forgotten why I'd gone there in the first place...all very interesting but I do worry about what it does to my concentration span. Likewise searching things like ebay etc . It turns into a magpie hunt for shiny things. I have wasted many hours in that way . Pinterest takes that to a new level of grabbing shiny objects, with a steady procession of attractive, interesting images. Good job that the weather is a bit better today and I can get out and about.
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Post by velocipete on Aug 31, 2014 14:59:32 GMT
But on pinterest you don't have to bid for them!Seems you're just going with the flow Jem. Nowt to be worried about,it's normal.Well for males anyway! Cheers, Pete.
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