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Monday, August 15, 2011
Bulletin Board in the Clouds
I've had the overpowering urge to unclutter my life lately.
I discovered something fun and innovative that anyone can use to add a little creativity and focus to life. But I'll get to that.
If you were to see my office (and you will see it soon, when the rest of the furniture arrives), it would look a bit cluttery at the moment. The Container Store is one of my favorite stores. I love a place for everything, and everything in its place. My office is in flux til the furniture arrives. Things that are cluttering my world are books and papers and things that don't have a home. Soon, they have a home.
Frozen. I need to unfreeze everything.
On my computer, I keep folders and folders and folders full of artwork and quotes and images and photos and information that is inspiring or useful. Chaos, no matter how I label and bury the folders.
Along comes Pinterest.
Have you heard of it?
Imagine having an unlimited amount of virtual bulletin boards to keep track of everything you find and want to remember! You join the Pinterest community (no Kool-Aid involved), and they show you how to one-click install a simple "pin it" function onto your computer browser. From that point forward, you can pin any idea or image or info to any of your virtual boards. In any category, or make one up and name your own board!
I think its potential is under-appreciated, under-used and under-shared.
Here is a simple cross-section of some of my boards. You can't see everything on each board. just the 9 most recent things I posted, but you get the gist. If you were on Pinterest tho, you could open up my boards and view everything. You can share, re-pin it your own boards, leave a comment, like it, etc.
In looking through my computer, I find hundreds of photos I've saved from the internet for future reference or just because I like them. These images wouldn't be cluttering my computer if stored on Pinterest. In addition to that, I can create boards for future ideas and products that I like, and even tho it's just an image on my board, there's always a link burried that will take me back to where I first found the image. I'll never lose the info that way.
Here's an example of opening up my "Imaginary House" board that I created. It's simply images of homes and decor that I love... for future reference.
Everything from products in the home to plants in the yard, to doors and drapes and furniture, or even color palettes, or just a photo of a home I love. Anything I want.
One of my favorite boards is my Words and Quotes board. I love collecting quotes or sayings that make me think, make me remember priorities, or even make me laugh. If I can find a visual for them, I can keep them all in one place. You'l also note with the board open, you can see the titles of my other boards, and see icons for others whom I visit.
Here's an example (above) of a friend's boards. The ideas are limitless really.
One board I am planning to do is more like a vision board. A board that keeps me focused on things I want to do and accomplish. I like the idea of a board that helps me focus on what I want to create in my life. But I'd also add to it things I already have and want to maintain. I think I'll call it my "Quality of Life" board. Yes. That will be my next board, I think.
Like any tool, it's what you make of it. But I see it helping me get organized and find things more easily. Not to mention the endless potential to discover new things.
I like that it's organizational. I like that I can explore boards in an amazing array of categories. I like that it can be social. I like that I can share anything I pin on FB as well. Or not. The choices are all mine. And I get to share. Brilliant.
~Shephard :)
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