How to Top iTunes Charts on Your Birthday
Categories: Technology
Jesse Ruben topped the iTunes charts with his newest record, with the help of social media, begging, and Apple’s mysterious iTunes algorithm.
Goodbye, dating. Hello, WTF?!
Categories: Lifestyle
The death of dating has sparked the creation of one of the newest and most popular websites for loveless and disgruntled Millennials: WTF Is Up With My Love Life. TNGG’s Caitlin Tremblay talks to the site’s founders about their idea, love in the post-dating age, and what exactly a “gaggle” is. (Hint: it’s not about geese.)
Are You A Macro or Micro Blogger?
Categories: Technology
I’m just going to say it: deep down, I really dislike Twitter. I have even thought about (gasp!) deleting my account. It only gets updated with meaningless jabber, and doing so would probably teach me to filter my thoughts – a lesson many Twitter users should learn, actually. It’s okay to get a few tweets [...]
The Interview: 12-year-old Orren Fox, @HappyChickens
Categories: The Interview
Yes, he’s 12. He’s a vegetarian, a chicken lover and an animal activist. He raises chickens, wins blue ribbons at country fairs, and shares his passion at Happy Chickens Lay Healthy Eggs. Oh, and we almost forgot. He just just started keeping bees, too. Which means he now has a second Twitter handle, HappyHoneyBees. TNGG [...]
The Interview: Jess Kim, MIT’s admissions blogger
Categories: The Interview
Interview by Elsa Kim. Jess Kim has been an admissions blogger for MIT since she started school there in the fall of 2006. Last month, the New York Times featured Jess in a cover story about the MIT admissions blogs. We asked her to sound off about blogs, new media, and the role that admissions [...]