Very PINteresting!

I find PINterest very interesting and truly informative...especially with Hubble.

Although Pinterest looks like fun, I probably won't be using it.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-28/tech/31106641_1_repinning-copyright-entire-image

"Basically, if a photographer sues you for pinning an image illegally on Pinterest, the user must not only pay for his or her lawyer, they must also pay for Pinterest's lawyer. In addition, the defendant must pay all charges against him or herself, along with all of Pinterest's charges."

It kind of depending on the day and the pictures that are "trending" (I hate that new word that is being used everywhere now!). With newbies who are posting the same tired political and funny stuff we have seen everywhere and re-pinning someone else's stuff of the same genre, I quickly get turned off. But there are some "pinsters" (is that what we are called?) who are truly innovative. I think I stayed for so long strictly for a pinster named Mary Beth Burrell, whom I do not know but who, I think, embodies what Pinterest started out to be...her clever topics and unusual pictures are always pinteresting!

I'm going to start using it to generate some $$ with minimal effort. I picked up an excellent guide that provides some interesting ways to monetize Pinterest. Check it out: http://www.jvzoo.com/c/403/1571

Who needs the Securitate or STASI when you have Facebook and PINterest?

And how many terabytes/petabytes/exabytes or whatever of server space does that lot fill up?

Pinterest is fascinating in that the different boards created by a user can form an excellent indication of personality--the images they choose to pin reveal far more than simple likes ans dislikes. Some of my boards deliberately take advantage of this aspect to let readers see something of what I'm like as a person and a writer--whether they realize it or not. Other are collections of historical costumes that I want to keep in one place for reference--and for the reference use of others who may repin them. Than I've turned a couple of boards into virtual collages of images that will serve as mental stimulation for books I intend to write. And of course my book covers are there, as well as the covers of friends. The possibilities are really endless, which is a part of the appeal.

Personally, when I was explaining Pinterest to my husband I said it was like an online magazine. The best part is you can save what interests you (like you would have formally cut out of a magazine). The only difference is with Pinterest the articles are layered beneath the pictures and you can repin them to your own specialized boards~So many people I know have abandoned Facebook for Pinterest because it brings out the creativity in people-:)

I won't use Pinterest because there is evidence of copyright infringement on their part, they claims rights to what is posted beyond their ability to have those rights, and they force you to have either a Facebook or Twitter account, neither of which do I have because of privacy concerns. No interest in Pinnterest here. It's just another marketing system, and there's enough of those around.

Dear Bob,
Very Pintersting article. I think a picture is worth thousand words and people find less and less time to type things. The technology of annonating is catching on. Evernote and Pocket are two good Android based examples.

http://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-copyright-issues-lawyer-2012-2

I took a look at Pinterest and it does have some very interesting possibilities. One thing - how do you join? I requested an invite but it never arrived. I need someone to invite me? How do I go about that?