Talk about swaps

Rachel from Swap-Bot said some really nice things about the SwapDex and CorgiPants on the blog over there! How sweet is she?

I am expanding SwapDex to include interviews with swappers and swap hosts. If you are interested in being featured, just let me know! I am looking for a wide variety of swappers and hosts, I think it'll be a lot of fun!

AP Article!

I have some exciting news about my other website, the SwapDex. About a month ago I got an email asking if I would like to be interviewed about the SwapDex an I said sure! The article is by Holly Ramer, who writes for the Associated Press so the story will hopefully be picked up by many newspapers and websites! Here it is:
WHICH CRAFT: Swapping handmade goods online

Thanks so much to Holly for writing a fantastic article and hopefully getting more people interested in swapping that may never have known about it before!

And now everyone knows my last name. And I bet none of you pronounce it correctly but I forgive you. :)

SwapDex

The SwapDex got a nice mention on Craftzine and was also mentioned on Indie Crafts the other day. (Thanks to both!) Visitor numbers have gone up and one of my favorite things about that is seeing people from all over the world pop in. I love to see where everyone is coming from! Iceland, Australia, France, Japan, South Africa, Turkey, El Salvador! It's fun to think about crafty people on so many different continents!

Simpsonized

Yes, I realize I'm a little behind the trend of making yourself into a Simpson's character. But we did just see the movie so I felt compelled to post my yellow version of me. Complete with pink shoes (Pink converse which I wear to work at least once a week). Except I only wish my hair looked that good. I need a new cut but my stylist moved last month and I haven't found the gumption to search for a new one.

On the SwapDex front, I have almost 70 entries and am happy to report mostly happy comments from swap hosts. I did have someone unhappy that I had posted information without their permission since they were not equipped to handle large volumes of participants. That I can respect so I took their info down. But I found it an interesting argument that if I didn't have permission, I couldn't post their info. I email everyone just to make sure it's ok by them but I'm pretty sure I'm under no obligation to because linking is covered by free-speech, no? It got me to thinking so I researched it and couldn't come up with a definite answer. Not that I'm arguing with anyone, if they don't want their info posted, I won't post it. But it's an interesting web-philosophy/legal question to ponder.