Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable

2009-08-07 Thread Carol Kocian
On Aug 4, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Lavolta Press wrote: I really can't see reading Twitter, it sounds like my idea of Hell. You add each person you want to follow — so you can control the signal to noise ratio. I imagine it's handy for people who are away from their computers for most of

Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable

2009-08-07 Thread Lavolta Press
You add each person you want to follow — so you can control the signal to noise ratio. I imagine it's handy for people who are away from their computers for most of the day since one can set it up to send the tweets as text messages to the phone. In which case they would have a data

Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable

2009-08-07 Thread Audrey Bergeron-Morin
    I very much prefer the messages to come in through e-mail. There are so many forums now where you have to go to a different web page to check them. Some I check every day, others maybe once a month and next thing you know it's been a few months since I looked at it. Most of those now have

Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable

2009-08-07 Thread Käthe Barrows
I am aware that a lot of people love receiving little bits of info, I just generally find it insubstantial. And I know a lot of people love to socialize. I know a lot of people actually care what others are doing minute by minute. And I love technology, but this kind of thing is not for me. I

Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable

2009-08-07 Thread Lavolta Press
I don't see your general dislike of blogs as a problem. Some people do other things than what blogs are good for. No problem at all. I like information to be really in-depth, and that is often impossible with a blog. Public diaries are not my thing, reading them or writing them. I don't

Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable

2009-08-07 Thread Betsy Marshall
This is what might be termed self selecting- people who like privacy don't set up accounts or stay active; people who want to spread the word about their interests/lives/successes will stay active. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com]

[h-cost] looking for a pattern 18th century?

2009-08-07 Thread Dawn
I'm trying to locate the pattern being used for this costume: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10351...@n06/2881843125/in/pool-pirate_girls I suspect it may be masquerading as some kind of 18th century woman's caraco or jacket. If anyone can point me to it, I'd appreciate it. Dawn