Analog > Digital
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – there’s something to be said for actual, face-to-face human contact.
You can’t replace it. You can’t duplicate it. Even in this day and age, where you can feasibly know every important piece of information about someone’s life without ever having spoken to them – or, for [...]
Social Media: A Virtual College Party
Here’s something that’s completely obvious: social media has totally changed the way we interact with others.
But now, here’s something that might not be so obvious: social media has changed our friendships – how we start them, how we maintain them, and even what we consider a friendship.
When you’re in pre-school and kindergarten, you choose your [...]
The Google Buzz Value
I want to start out by saying that I am a Google fan all the way. Google.com is my homepage. I use the phrase “just Google it” just about anywhere and with anyone. If you don’t use Gmail you’re probably not a very good friend of mine. And I’m ashamed to say that I even [...]
Growing Up Facebook
I migrated North to attend Colby College in Waterville, Maine in the fall of 2002. Like me, Mark Zuckerberg was settling into his Cambridge dorm room. At the end of our sophomore years, Zuckerberg would use Harvard, along with Ivy League, and select Northeast colleges, to launch an online community that has since revolutionized the [...]
The Digital Native Goes Offline
The first thing I do every morning, even before taking a shower, used to be checking my Facebook and Twitter. From the minute I wake up to the minute I turn off my light in the night I used to be on Facebook and Twitter. And it wasn’t only at home, but even at work, [...]
There’s Something About Twitter
Conversation with friend while randomly walking around the neighborhood:
Friend (very, very curious): So you met these people on Twitter?
Me (not liking where this is going): Yeah.
Friend (jeers): I thought you were smarter than that.
Me (offended): Whaddayamean? What’s that sposta mean?
Friend (now choosing his words carefully): I mean, it’s just so…16…
- Long pause -
Me (defeated): Yeah, [...]
Facebook: Are you really who you say you are?
Will change personality for work…
During my junior year participating in the National Student Advertising Competition team (NSAC) I became very close with a girl on my creative team, Nicole. Over the summer we both acquired jobs at different advertising agencies in our college town.We liked to joke around about how important we were and would [...]
Facebook: Mom, it’s not what you think
About four months ago my mother became an avid Facebook user. Since then I have removed pictures, edited info, and made countless other efforts to make sure she still considered me her perfect little girl.
As older generations begin to infiltrate Facebook, younger generations, who are for the most part their family, are having to change [...]
Social Media Is Not So Social
Here is a joke for you:
A man and his wife are sitting in front of a computer, writing an e-mail: “Dear Andy: How have you been? Your mother and I are fine. We miss you. Please sign off your computer and come downstairs for something to eat. Love, Dad”
Funny? Yes. Sad? Even more so, mostly [...]
Are You A Facebook Creeper?
We’re a generation molded to embrace online social networking. From e-mail to AIM to today’s overwhelming amount of social networking websites, we feed on the ability to connect with people online. At the center of it all is Facebook with over 350 million users. What’s driving this phenomenon that makes us so eager to log [...]
