ISTA 301 Blog: Pinterest

      Social media has taken over the modern world. Face to face social interaction is now unneeded. It has enabled us to share our lives with the world in real time. We can post our location, our opinion, what hear or see. One form of social media that has exploded is the micro blogging scene and there are many options. Twitter, Facebook, Picasso, MySpace, YouTube, Google+, Blogger, Wordpress, Tumbler and Pinterest just to name a few. All let you show the world clip-its of your life. There's hundreds of them all offering a outlet to express yourself online. For me I'm just a newbie to the whole scene. I have had a Facebook account for a long time but only recently signed up for a Twitter account (@rlof11) and Blogger. I have enjoyed each but my latest adventure is the Pintrest world. If you haven't joined me and the 25 million other unique visitors a month on Pinterest I'll clue you in on whats going on in this virtual photo sharing world. I just joined a week ago so I'm no expert but where my knowledge fails we can always trust the most reliable web resources out there Wikipedia.
      The simple jist of Pinterest is you post a picture on your virtual pin board. Others can see it and if they think its worthy of adding to their own board they "re-pin it". Simple and very entertaining. People "pin" images of everything. For me I mostly search for those fly outfits, cool gadgets or cool cars. Search for anything and you'll receive a never ending stream of related photos that might "interest" you. Its a great idea and a time killing fun way to explore your own interests.
      Pinterest as a company is an amazing story. They launched in March 2010 and literally two years later became a $1.5 billion dollar company. It was the fastest company to reach that mark in history. Why so popular so quick? I believe its because of its simple design and simple concept. I have spent a small amount of the website and have enjoyed it thoughoutly. So far I have used it to pass samll amounts of time between events or classes. I'm not usually one to jump on these websites but this is one I have enjoyed with the little amount of time I've spent with it. Check it out or follow me if your already a member. Till then - Laters