I loved finding out about domino magazine’s mydecofile online community.  As a person who loves decorating and hopes to one day get a job with a home/garden/lifestyle magazine, I was especially excited to learn about this tool.  You can save and organize images of rooms you like in an online file, and you have the option of making them public so that people can view and comment on your collection.  It is neat because it helps people with their decorating dilemmas, and also helps domino magazine add to their number of active readers.

This online community is definitely a good way to get people’s attention and keep domino at the forefront in their minds.  The biggest thing in design is inspiration–you must have an idea of how you want to design a space before you can actually go about designing it.  But for people like me who have trouble visualizing things, pictures are the best way to get ideas–and all the pictures you need are right here on the website.  Sharing comments with other readers and viewing their saved images also keeps fresh ideas coming, and really gets people interacting with domino magazine.

I know this tool works because it got my attention.  I have never read domino before, but now that I know what it is, I might be more inclined to pick up a copy.