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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Why the web is getting crafty

There was a time when DIY was a dirty word. It used to mean poorly constructed furniture, bodged home improvements and places in your house where guests would not be encouraged to linger.

But the net is changing that reputation as more and more people turn to crafts and produce amateur, home and hand-made art and objects.

This is perhaps no surprise. Anyone who has spent a few years using the web has become a tinkerer almost by accident.

If they put together their own website, maintained a blog, uploaded pictures to a photo-sharing site or played an online game then chances are that they spent hours meddling with settings, fiddling with options or tweaking their avatar so it looked just right.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7200330.stm

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