Tag Archives: Pinterest

PINNING GETS STRESSFUL

June 5, 2013 – 2:11 pm

by Stefania Revelli Inspiration. Creativity. Sharing. Inadequacy? While the undeniable popularity of Pinterest has inspired everything from vacation ideas and kids’ crafts to holiday baking tips, the Pinterest pressure is on for many moms. A Today.com poll found that 42% of mom respondents have “Pinterest stress,” or anxiety that they can’t compete or perform on […]

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Pinterest photos help therapist gauge clients’ moods

December 11, 2012 – 2:45 pm

by Cree McCree WHAT’S HAPPENING Forget Rorschach tests. Pinterest is the latest therapeutic tool. Relationship counselor Crystal Rice scans people’s emotions by viewing the photos they post on the popular social media site. Rice, who runs Insieme Consulting in Hagarstown, MD, asks clients to pin pictures that reflect their mood every day. When clients return […]

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Dude pins like a lady

July 17, 2012 – 4:37 pm

by Robert van Alstyne WHAT’S HAPPENING With a swiftly solidifying perception that Pinterest is a for-gals-only community (a recent survey found that 83% of users are women), numerous copycat services are springing up to meet the visual bookmarking needs of males (CNN.com, 22 June 2012). Boasting names like Manteresting, Gentlemint and Dudepins, the male-targeted Pinterest […]

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The Future Is Coming: How advertising and the digital data trail will purify us of our love for the past and kill off nostalgia

April 17, 2012 – 10:59 am

by Josh Kimball Digitally enabled by easily accessible evocations of their past, consumers’ very memories are now being relentlessly commoditized. Images of our weddings and graduations, memories of kids’ births and grandparents’ faces now get snugly wrapped by ads for automobiles and toothpaste. The commercialization of our personal and collective pasts has significant cultural and […]

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A REPIN IS WORTH A THOUSAND TWEETS

April 10, 2012 – 10:45 am

by Joshua Kimball Word nerds, step aside. In the world of emerging social media, right now it’s better to be seen and not read. This week, Instagram, the app that lets users easily filter and share photographs using their smartphones, finally opened to Android handsets, adding 1 million users within 24 hours (Slate, 4 April […]

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