Thing 7 - oh Pinterest...how I love and hate thee.

For mobile thing # 7, I'm documenting my relationship with content sharing and saving website and app, Pinterest.

 My use of Pinterest started a couple years ago with just a couple of boards: fashion and food. I steadily added a few more boards, some I kept up with, and some I abandoned after just a few pins. I was really into it the first few months after I opened an account, but like most things, my interest in it came in cycles. I got frustrated with how much of a time-suck it was at times. It was like bingeing on all these items or sites that caught my fancy. Then, I would lay low for several weeks.

Whenever I open Pinterest, my front page reads like the woman's magazine I subscribe to, Real Simple. My family and friends mostly post things like recipes, clothing items, beauty tips, house organization and furnishes, and of course, wedding ideas. So. many. wedding. things. My older sister is getting married next spring, and there are a couple of secret boards a select few of us have been posting ideas on. It's fun, but also...a terrible time-suck! Now that I am inching closer to graduation and career, I plan to start using Pinterest has a medium to compile teaching ideas such as lesson plans, books to buy, and projects to create. 

I was told by my mentoring media specialist at my fieldwork placement that I "absolutely need" to have a pinterest account for the job. I am following her and my head is spinning with all the tips and ideas. It will be nice to have a place to put all the best ideas from the various blogs I follow. Overall, I enjoy Pinterest and find it useful, but oh so dangerous!