Eye Candy Friday: Roses
This is a belated post for last Friday; we were so preoccupied with things—last-minute changes to plans, crowding in the bathroom, losing and finding Stuff, forgotten files, heavy traffic, too, too long train crossings—that the day went by *just* like that.
Some of my happiest memories are bathed in a sunny warmth, with gorgeous light and lots of texture. Some of my happiest memories involve beautiful flowers, thoughtful gestures, and the everlasting friendship of people we meet along this road we call life.
I hope you had a good Friday the Thirteenth! For this Friday and the weekend, turn off the television and just live.
And thank you all for your comments on the Shetland Triangle shawl!
Linkworthy:
1: Know your html code! Here's a handy list of special entity codes. Viel spaß!
2: Post on Design Observer regarding stock photography of overweight people.
3: Business Week writer Bruce Nussbaum's article Are Designers the enemy of Design? and a response by Digitas VP David Armano on his personal (design) blog.
4: Credit where it's due. This isn't necessarily a link but something worth discussing. I've tried, as much as possible, to credit people or sites when I find a particular link I like and want to share with others. As well, when I create something, I name the book, the yarn, the fabric, etc. Increasingly I've been finding that people copy links or things from other places verbatim, and pass them off as their own, without giving credit to the original poster and creator. Shouldn't online society be more give and take, and not just take? Or is it just wishful thinking and people are just behaving the way they normally do offline?
I completely agree with you about proper attribution, although that may be (in part) because of my journalism background.
In some ways, I think people feel anonymity and availability rule on the Internet. They are wrong on both counts. Just because a picture, pattern or writings may be available does *not* mean it's yours for the taking. Even if you pay for it, you still have no right to claim the work product as your own - even if it is deemed "public domain" from a copyright ownership perspective.
Oops, I'm totally an offender. I always change the wording though! Thanks for keeping me in check, I'll work on this one.
Oh how I love those roses. Thanks for posting the lovely photo, and, as always, for the link. I completely agree on the copyright issue, but I've grown a thick skin since publishing, and now only bristle if someone takes my stuff and actually attributes it to themselves. Hope that this wasn't prompted by an "issue". xox, J