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Kim Tairi

Angels have the phone box

nuggets of whimsy (with haiku)

librarian. teacher. lover of brevity. crochet diva. writer of haiku and flash fiction.
Speaker at: VALA2012

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@planningqueen

  1. Browser chrome; set up bookmark tabs
  2. Picnic and Flickr
  3. Use the cloud - google docs
  4. Tip: Keep yourself organised - toggl (free time management tool)
  5. http://five.sentenc.es/ to manage email 

@bikeexif

  1. Adobe photoshop, adobe bridge, camera raw
  2. Reeder 
  3. Email (apple mail)
  4. Notebooks
  5. Post-it
  6. Uses 3 browsers - chrome, safari and firefox
  7. Search engines/keyword search tools

@trevoryoung

  1. Evernote
  2. Bit.ly - track & shrink URLs
  3. Sparrow - brings gmail accounts together
  4. Flipboard
  5. Reeder - RSS feeds
  6. Small vid camera eg flipcam
  7. Tweetdeck
  8. Dropbox
  9. Planner (notebook)

Portable crochet kit

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This is my crochet travel kit:

  • Clover crochet hooks
  • Pair of scissors
  • Tape measure
  • Stitch markers
  • Thread & safety eyes
  • Needles in kauri needle holder
  • Reference book: Keim, C & Werker, K 2007, Visual quick tips: Crochet,Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.(in case I forget how to do a stitch or to learn new ones)
  • Pen

Some times I carry stuffing if I am working on amigurumi. Yarn I keep separately. I commute by train or bus to work. It is the perfect time to craft. I have been known to stick a crochet hook and a ball of yarn in my pocket or my boyfriends.

Today I finished my first international order - a pair of hats for twins due in August. I am really happy with them.

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