Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable
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 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 plan for the phone... Some people post maybe three interesting things in a week, and others let the world know each day that they woke up and had breakfast, showered, had lunch, etc... I don't follow those. It could also be useful to share experiences while on vacation or at a convention. 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. -Carol ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable
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 plan for the phone... I know how Twitter works. The worst thing I can possibly imagine is people (chosen or not) breaking into my day any time they want, and largely for recreational purposes, with tiny little bits of info they think are interesting. How on earth could I actually concentrate for long periods, as I need to do to get my work done? I don't even answer the phone live--each call is passed through an answering machine. I don't have a cell phone and I hope never to get one. Some people post maybe three interesting things in a week, and others let the world know each day that they woke up and had breakfast, showered, had lunch, etc... I don't follow those. It could also be useful to share experiences while on vacation or at a convention. I also socialize as little as I can manage, and luckily, that's very little. I'm not really very interested in people in general--I'm much more interested in ideas. 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. Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable
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 RSS feeds, so you can receive a notice in your RSS Reader when there's an update on the site. Just like email. Works like a charm! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable
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 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 have a Live Journal account somebody talked me into, and I never use it. Public diaries are not my thing, reading them or writing them. And I don't document the construction of my historical costumes, I just make them. I just joined another online group on somebody's recommendation (they were raving about it). I spent a couple of hours poking around their site and found only two things that interested me, out of the tens of thousands of things on there. I don't think I'll spend much time there either. Back to work. I have a costumed event to go to Sunday, and have two garments still to finish. -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable
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 understand why people want to make their daily lives public. It's not that I do anything especially embarrassing. It's just that I don't see why anyone other than close friends would be interested in most of the stuff that gets published in the average on-line diary. Doesn't anyone ever want privacy? I just joined another online group on somebody's recommendation (they were raving about it). I spent a couple of hours poking around their site and found only two things that interested me, out of the tens of thousands of things on there. That's the other problem with the net. There's a lot of stuff, but it's unedited, unorganized stuff of all levels of quality. People seem to feel the need to just say _something_, anything, all the time. And to post pictures of it. Best, Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltpress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable
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] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 1:47 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable 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 understand why people want to make their daily lives public. It's not that I do anything especially embarrassing. It's just that I don't see why anyone other than close friends would be interested in most of the stuff that gets published in the average on-line diary. Doesn't anyone ever want privacy? I just joined another online group on somebody's recommendation (they were raving about it). I spent a couple of hours poking around their site and found only two things that interested me, out of the tens of thousands of things on there. That's the other problem with the net. There's a lot of stuff, but it's unedited, unorganized stuff of all levels of quality. People seem to feel the need to just say _something_, anything, all the time. And to post pictures of it. Best, Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltpress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] looking for a pattern 18th century?
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 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
