﻿{"id":476,"date":"2012-04-20T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/?guid=a001f27fb18c3ffb90374e4f08a01650"},"modified":"2012-04-20T22:55:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T22:55:06","slug":"blog-o-sphere-think-tank-your-favorite-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/2012\/04\/20\/blog-o-sphere-think-tank-your-favorite-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog-o-sphere Think Tank:  Your Favorite Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><b><i>Our&nbsp;Blog-o-sphere Think Tank Topic For April is&#8230;Your Favorite Tool!<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Yeah &#8211; like I can pick just ONE favorite tool&#8230;so &#8211; I have decided to give you my favorite tool for each of the lives I lead:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kh9XhjgNlM8\/T5C9fSCFYlI\/AAAAAAAAQzY\/c_LO4blKTfo\/s1600\/hootsuite.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"179\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kh9XhjgNlM8\/T5C9fSCFYlI\/AAAAAAAAQzY\/c_LO4blKTfo\/s320\/hootsuite.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><i>@AFlyOnTheWall &#8211; Social Media Manager:<\/i><\/b><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Online, my Favorite Tool would also have to be my <\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;\">number ONE productivity tool &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hootsuite.com\/\" >HootSuite<\/a> &#8211; it offers you the ability to manage multiple accounts in one place and to schedule posts.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;\">click here for my <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/businessofcraft.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/top-5-productivity-tips-for-jewelry.html\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;\" >Top 5 Productivity Tips for Jewelry Bloggers<\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QFe1IIYI_us\/T5C9X5YnQ_I\/AAAAAAAAQzI\/1OHdFMrRVtY\/s1600\/tool3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QFe1IIYI_us\/T5C9X5YnQ_I\/AAAAAAAAQzI\/1OHdFMrRVtY\/s320\/tool3.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><i>@GemShows &#8211; Blogger, Maker, Student:<\/i><\/b><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">I live for the brief moments when I am able to find time to work at my bench, take a workshop or learn a new technique. &nbsp;However, one thing I have noticed with age, is that some of the things I love to do the most&#8230;HURT! &nbsp;So &#8211; my favorite tools are the range of bending and hammering tools that I have picked up from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewelrytoolsbymiland.com\/Tools.htm#Ring Makers\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\" >Jewelry Tools by Miland<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">. &nbsp;They make repetitive tasks easier and hammering less jarring on these old bones \ud83d\ude09<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-auMgz1t8TIs\/T5C9ZQy2III\/AAAAAAAAQzQ\/5nknj8LvGfA\/s1600\/tools.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-auMgz1t8TIs\/T5C9ZQy2III\/AAAAAAAAQzQ\/5nknj8LvGfA\/s400\/tools.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1onXhDcfvvY\/T5C-dX4BWuI\/AAAAAAAAQzg\/ZhP2A61TgWQ\/s1600\/TEZ2012.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-1onXhDcfvvY\/T5C-dX4BWuI\/AAAAAAAAQzg\/ZhP2A61TgWQ\/s320\/TEZ2012.jpg\" width=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><b><i>@Tucson_Gem_Show &#8211; Blogger, Student and basic &#8220;know it all&#8221;:<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">NUMBER ONE most important thing for first timers and tenth timers to do is bookmark the Tucson EZ-Guide page&#8230;and updates or changes are applied as they occur. &nbsp;When you see the map at the bottom of the page you realize that this is not one single huge show&#8230;it is 40+&nbsp;separate shows, spread across the city of Tucson. &nbsp;The only way that you can go for a couple days is to be prepared&#8230;this webpage will help you do just that&#8230;well as figuring out if the lodging you are looking at is close to the shows important to you! &nbsp;Then, once you get to Tucson, &nbsp;pick up a hard copy&#8230;<\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oJJos0pMFds\/T5C9WQaWSbI\/AAAAAAAAQzA\/3jaJr6l-8QQ\/s1600\/loupe.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oJJos0pMFds\/T5C9WQaWSbI\/AAAAAAAAQzA\/3jaJr6l-8QQ\/s200\/loupe.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">&#8230;oh and one more thing &#8211; if you plan to purchase gems &#8211; you need a 10X Jewelers Loupe&#8230;I always have mine (new fangled type with an LED light) with me.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><b><i>Now &#8211; take a minute to see which tool my fellow members of the&nbsp;Blog-o-sphere Think Tank&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><b><i>chose as their favorite&#8230;<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Andes cruz: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andescruz.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/www.andescruz.wordpress.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Shannon I&#8217;m On A Roll Koochin: <a href=\"http:\/\/thebassplayersdaughter.blogspot.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/thebassplayersdaughter.blogspot.ca<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Barbara Donovan:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/barbaradonovan.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/barbaradonovan.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Kathleen Krucoff: <a href=\"http:\/\/mysticalmythicalmetalwork.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/mysticalmythicalmetalwork.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Beth Cyr: <a href=\"http:\/\/bcyrjewelry.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/bcyrjewelry.blogspot.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Natsuko Hanks <a href=\"http:\/\/jewelrybynatsuko.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/jewelrybynatsuko.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Christine <a href=\"http:\/\/sistinachapel.blogspot.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/sistinachapel.blogspot.ca\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">WATTO (Mary)  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wattoonline.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/www.wattoonline.com\/news<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Laura Flavin : <a href=\"http:\/\/modernbirdjewelry.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/modernbirdjewelry.blogspot.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Wendy Kelly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendykianakelly.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/www.wendykianakelly.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">stephanie clark <a href=\"http:\/\/thethinkingsofacoldweathergirl.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;\" >http:\/\/thethinkingsofacoldweathergirl.blogspot.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our&nbsp;Blog-o-sphere Think Tank Topic For April is&#8230;Your Favorite Tool!Yeah &#8211; like I can pick just ONE favorite tool&#8230;so &#8211; I have decided to give you my favorite tool for each of the lives I lead:@AFlyOnTheWall &#8211; Social Media Manager:Online, my Fav&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,490,495,494,428,488,493,489,491,492],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}