Monday, January 31, 2011
A New Face...a New Twitter
I am taking stock at the moment.
I have gone into information overload.
There was a moment or two when I was
ready to press the button...delete blog, delete Facebook, delete Twitter.
My fingers flew every which way over that keyboard but in the end...I couldn't.
My blogs have become like my children....they need me or rather I need them :)
I decided Facebook needed a new face...a new purpose.
Mention Twitter and you get the immediate eye roll...I just didn't get it.
Until now...I think.
Let's talk Facebook.....
I have been on Facebook a year or two, a few friends, a few pages and
more recently a few blogging friends. My frustration grew when I could no longer
find friends and the information I wanted thru all the clutter. Do I really want to know the latest
egg count from someone playing Farmville? Not really. As much as I enjoy those
friends...I think Facebook has taken the whole 'sharing' concept too far.
Enter the little 'x' that sits to the right side of a Facebook comment...it lets you hide it all.
Click...click...click and voila...gone.
No one has been deleted...they are just resting, for a while :)
I want to read. I want to know what is going on around me
and I want to go to one place to do it.
This is where pages come in and I now have just the ones I need
to make my Facebook experience a more pleasant one. Some of
my favs...The New York Times, BBC News, Nigella Lawson, Visit London,
Financial Times, Harrods, Elle Decor, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker,
The National Trust, Royal Academy of Arts,
Ticketmaster UK and The British Monarchy...just for fun.
I have also noticed Facebook widgets on other blogs and thought it might be fun.
on how to do it and I now have a page devoted to my many blog posts.
Blogging has been simplified.
I find them, they find me...we read, we comment. Life is easy.
Now I need more...so if you have put your blog on Facebook or are
contemplating it and would like to know more...comment here
and we will find a way together.
Let's talk Twitter....
How many of you have signed up and that is about it?
How many have looked at it and that is about it?
How many of you are actively using Twitter?
How many of you do not want to go there?
I am taking baby steps here. I started yesterday.
There is still lots to learn, but it is actually kind of fun.
Why am I surprised?
I have found the most wonderful information
about the things I love to do.
I think I could begin to like this concept.
My Twitter profile....
Surrey, UK
A woman enjoying expat life in England
with a camera, four kids, one man, one dog and five blogs.
My sanctuary starts @ Collage of Life :)
Let's Talk blogs...
What can I say? I have five.
I have thought about deleting one or two or three
but just can not bring myself to do it.
They all fill a need for me and for those few who
stop in and comment...I would miss them :)
If you are thinking of another...I say go for it!
It's all go around here!!
How about you?
Can I help answer any questions?
A big thank you if you made it this far!!!
Jeanne xxx
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One last thing...this is for the questions that you may have.
Maybe we can help each other :)
1. From Janet @ Janet's Journal
Does anyone know of a hosting/editing/collage making site?
(I would like to know too :)
Suggestions from Laura @ Happy Homemaker
Collage site: Scrapblog & Polyvore
Does anyone know of a hosting/editing/collage making site?
(I would like to know too :)
Suggestions from Laura @ Happy Homemaker
Collage site: Scrapblog & Polyvore
Photo editing: Picasa & Picnik
Photo albums/scrapbooks: Blurb
Thanks Laura!
Suggestions from Jane @ Life on Planet Baby
1. I upload my photos to Flickr and then edit them in Picnik. I save the edited versions back to Flickr.
2. I use BigHugeLabs to do my collages, mosaics and all sorts of fun. You'll have a ball playing with it.
3. I also collect photos I like by using We ♥ it, Pinterest and Vi.sualize.us. I posted about them at
http://www.lifeonplanetbaby.com/p/blogging-tips.html if you're interested.
Thank you Jane!
Photo albums/scrapbooks: Blurb
Thanks Laura!
Suggestions from Jane @ Life on Planet Baby
1. I upload my photos to Flickr and then edit them in Picnik. I save the edited versions back to Flickr.
2. I use BigHugeLabs to do my collages, mosaics and all sorts of fun. You'll have a ball playing with it.
3. I also collect photos I like by using We ♥ it, Pinterest and Vi.sualize.us. I posted about them at
http://www.lifeonplanetbaby.com/p/blogging-tips.html if you're interested.
Thank you Jane!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
AIFW A/W 2011
Hi guys! Finally a post after a long while. I have a good excuse for my abscence because I had three exams to learn, wich was a lot of work. I have a week off now so enough time to blog again :) Here are my favorits from the Amsterdam International Fashionweek that was last week. Because of my exams, I couldn't go to see anything so that pretty sucked. But luckily, the website fashionscene has a lot of pictures from all the fashionshows. The pictures below are all from that website. Tell me what you think. Do you agree with my favorits?
SIS by Spijkers & Spijkers
Lhana Marlet
Addy van den Krommenacker
Supertrash
Jan Taminiau
Rosa Hesam
Marloes BlaasHope to blog soon again! :D
Saturday, January 29, 2011
leído en twitter: occidente y revolución
museo arqueológico de El Cairo atacado. momias destruidas. la revolución ya no mola. occidente sólo acepta muertos de menos de 3000 años.
Feeling Good with Michael Buble and Nina Simone
I woke up this morning with one thought on my mind,
" new dawn....new day....new life....feeling good "
Not a bad way to start the day :)
Hope you have a fabulous weekend...
just feeling good!
Michael Buble- Feeling Good
just feeling good!
Nina Simone-Feeling Good
Thanks you all for your comments yesterday.
As you can see....I am feeling good, feeling fine :)
Before you go.... which one do you prefer
Michael or Nina's version of the song?
When your done you may feel like me,
I am ready for a karaoke night!
I just need that microphone stand first.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
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