There are numerous sites that are well designed, but most of time those are in the categories of personal blogs or portfolio. I recently stumbled across a site called Pinterest, and it instantly became my new addiction. Pinterest is suppose to serve as your virtual bulletin board that you can pin the stuff across the web onto the site. I been using tumblr for a while, but Pinterest has a much more offer in the stuff i wanna do. I basically wanted a site that I can save cool inspirations I stumble across the web and save it all onto one single site. Just like Twiiter, you follow people and they can follow you back. Mostly of people I fellow are my close friends, but they are some who post very interesting materials.
When you first visit Pinterest, it feels like you are visiting a woman’s walk-in closet, since most of the users on Pinterest are females. Pinterest is actually still in beta phase, so you need a friend or request to get an account. Once you activated your site you can start making Boards based on you interest, and also start following people who share the same interest as you. After that, you will have to add a “Pin it” button on you bookmark bar on your browser, so the next time when you find something that interest you, you can simply just click that bookmark and add it to your boards.
This site does a great job for Graphic Designers, in which I can create a board just for one project and throw all the inspirations i found onto the board. It helps gather my concentration in the area I am trying to go for, and also helps to my thoughts into a visual representation. Beside that, I find that it’s great way to bookmark the things I like on the web, since I always tend to lose my bookmarks.
Above all, I really glad I stumble across this site. It gonna be a big help in my future projects.
If you have a pinterest account, follow me at http://pinterest.com/noppie/
