The Next Great Generation

An online magazine written by and for the Millennial Generation.

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Celebrity TweetPolice: January 22nd-27th

By on Jan 30, 2012
Categories: TNGG Weekly Columns

This week’s Celebrity TweetPolice is one of the greatest Twitter gifts, born from some of the biggest Oscar snubs.

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How to Track the 2012 Presidential Campaign Through Social Media

By on Jan 11, 2012
Categories: Featured Post, Technology

With the 2012 election cycle officially kicking off last week with the Iowa caucus, social media is playing an even bigger role than it did in 2008.

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What’s New on the “New-New” Twitter

By on Dec 28, 2011
Categories: Featured Post, Technology

Twitter is finally in a new lucrative position to make some serious cash and challenge the earnings from its friends over at Google and Facebook. It’s a new era for Twitter and the new-new Twitter overhaul plays a big part.

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Klout Updates Its Super-Secret Algorithm of How Cool You Are

By on Nov 8, 2011
Categories: Technology

Whether you hate it or love it, Klout has got everyone talking. The Klout Score may just be the most controversial subject among social media junkies everywhere. The reason? It’s really hard to ignore.

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Putting a Creative Social Twist on Pinboards With Pinterest

By on Nov 5, 2011
Categories: Technology

While functionality, interface and ease of use are key factors in a good social platform, the people are what can make or break a social community.

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Innovative Social Media Use at Colleges: Will Education Pioneer Google+?

By on Nov 3, 2011
Categories: Technology

Google+ has its champions and the most interesting case studies have come from an unexpected place: the classroom.

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Artist Profile: Photographer Brooke Shaden

By on Oct 30, 2011
Categories: Arts & Entertainment

Brooke Shaden has stuffed her body into an oven, stripped in fields and played dead more than once. The online artist has a massive online following and gives back in kind.

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Q&A With a Leading Lady in Tech: Laura Fitton

By on Oct 24, 2011
Categories: Technology

If you’re a woman in the tech sector, you’ve probably noticed the field is dominated by men. So what’s it like to be a female entrepreneur in tech, innovating for a predominantly Gen Y consumer population?

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Resume Fibbers Beware, Smarterer is Here!

By on Oct 20, 2011
Categories: Technology

For anyone who has ever fudged a resume or pretended to be an “[insert area of expertise you completely lack] guru”, we might just have caught you red-handed. Prepare yourself, Smarterer is in beta.

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Life After Death in the Land of Social Media

By on Oct 16, 2011
Categories: Technology

Recently, my friend tragically passed away from cancer at the age of 24. We weren’t exceptionally close, but her genuine kindness stood out in the two summers we worked together at an amusement park. Since we both ended up moving afterward, we used Facebook to keep in touch. If it weren’t for the social media [...]

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