Before Mark Zuckerberg’s entrance to the social network scene, there was Hi5, Friendster and ICQ. MySpace even ruled the roost for a minute. When Facebook finally eclipsed all the others, everyone I know jumped on the band-wagon.
I resisted.
Twitter came along. Many people I know started tweeting.
Still, I resisted.
Humble Pinning Beginning
Then one day in 2011 my brother showed me the latest and greatest in social bookmarking, mood boarding, self-indulgence, vicarious living, virtual hoarding, time-wasting, or whatever you want to call it.
Bro: “You haven’t heard about Pinterest?”
Me: “Wassat?”
He laughed and fired off an invitation to the invitation-only site. “Prepare to lose hours and hours of your time!” Continue reading