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And the award goes to… TWITTER!

Wednesday March 10th 2010

Sunday night was the big night for a little man named Oscar. I’m not one to dress up and go to a party to watch the Academy Awards. I probably wouldn’t have watched even though Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were hosting (yes, even though I’m under 30 I do know who they are!). But [...]

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Social Media: A Virtual College Party

Thursday March 4th 2010

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 [...]

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The Google Buzz Value

Saturday February 27th 2010

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 [...]

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Growing up Online

Monday February 22nd 2010

Almost everything I could possibly need is just a click away on the Internet. To me, that’s a good thing. But some people feel that Gen Y is too connected and that our dependence on digital communication is negatively impacting our lives.
They say that we’re becoming disconnected from the real world and forgetting how to [...]

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Love in the time of social media

Wednesday February 17th 2010

We have more freedom to go into whatever sort of relationship with whomever we want. As a result, we spend more time defining and analyzing the various aspects and ramifications of romantic and sexual relationships than any other generation in history.

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Twitter: My Filter

Sunday February 14th 2010

Going through my social media/e-mail fast, I realized how much harder my life is without Twitter.
Many of my digital native peers find the idea of reading what unknown people have for breakfast pointless. However, we like the idea of sharing everything, or almost everything, we do with the world. But we are afraid that Twitter [...]

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Why LinkedIn Makes Me Want to Puke

Friday February 5th 2010

While I am an occasional user of LinkedIn, it’s last on the list of social media networks (SMN) that I maintain. LinkedIn just does not deliver the same experience as the others, but initially I wasn’t sure why. After some time however, I realized my apathy toward the site was because it more closely resembled [...]

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Online Is Real Life, Too

Thursday January 28th 2010

“The average young person today spends nearly nine hours each day with their technology,” opens a Frontline segment of “Digital Nation,” a report exploring the impact of growing up plugged in. But, is this time spent online really taking away from our “real life?” or is it one and the same.
There is a great deal [...]

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Social Media Is Not So Social

Tuesday January 26th 2010

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 [...]

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Helping the World for Free

Friday December 25th 2009

Nowadays, college students don’t have the extra cash lying around to be donating to charities. Let’s be honest, we are spending every last dollar on $10 pizza deals or something else of equal importance.
While our generation wants to make a difference, we currently don’t have the means to do so. So what choices are we [...]

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