I haven’t really gotten into Pinterest, and in spite of my job and its connections to social media, I just haven’t really mustered up a lot of feeling on it. Holly, on the other hand, has lots of feelings (and thoughts) on the subject. So here we go.

• Some data on what people are pinning, and in what categories, and how they’re commenting
• Holly’s belief that everyone is creative
• Some thoughts on Pinterest and creativity
• An anecdote about a Myers-Briggs training we did in the office
• Analysis paralysis
• Sharing vs. getting in Pinterest use
• People who used LiveJournal “for themselves”
• A story of a creative project by me, with analogs in Pinterest
• Holly’s worries of homogenization
• My worries of information saturation
• A call for people to please tell us about great creative projects that have come from Pinterest
• Your LL Bean Boyfriend
• Pinterest: Consuming and liking stuff
• How Pinterest Works
• Listener mail! From Rebecca, about Americans’ perceptions of Canadians

My research:

• Carpenter, Craig C. “Copyright Infringement and the Second Generation of Social Media: Why Pinterest Users Should Be Protected from Copyright Infringement by the Fair Use Defense.” Journal of Internet Law. Jan. 2013
• Does copying kill creativity?
• Engauge. “Pinterest: A Review of Social Media’s Newest Sweetheart.”
• Hall, Catherine. “Social Curation on the Website Pinterest.com.” Asist 2012
• The Art Therapy of Pinterest

Holly’s research:

• Go Haus Go: The problem with Pinterest.
• Pinterest: Killing Creativity?
• Sociology in Focus: Sampling Pinterest
• Is Pinterest killing creativity?
• Why I’m Quitting Pinterest
• Pinterest reveals its sociology horizons
• How sociologists (and other social scientists) can use Pinterest

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