The 4 Best Twitter Desktop Apps
Categories: Technology
It takes time and a little love to see which desktop app works for you, and there are tons to choose from. Here are some of the best out there.
Social site names get dumber and dumber
Categories: Technology
I wish I didn’t sound so stupid when I talk about social media. I mean, does anyone actually feel comfortable going up to their co-workers or bosses and saying, “Hey Joe, I am going to go ahead and ‘check-in’ at the restaurant, and then can you tweet me the link to the meeting’s doodle, so I can ‘poke’ all of the attendees?” Why are these words so ridiculous?
Video killed the radio star, Internet killed the MTV VJ
Categories: Technology
MTV is running a contest to fill the gaping holes left in our hearts by the departure of VJ favorites Carson Daly, La La Vasquez and Quddus (and, you know, actual music videos from the network’s airwaves) with something new – a Twitter Jockey.
The Internet job hunt
Categories: Business
Here I stand, halfway through my college career, and I look to the graduating class of 2010 for some answers. Are there jobs for us Millennials? Or should I just give up now, return to the confines of my small town and forget about financial independence? Sure, we had an economic recession, and jobs are [...]
BP: Bringing oil to American shores
Categories: Current Events
By Alex Pearlman and Jen Schmidt This is Part II of III in a series. Read Part I. Millennials face the possibility that their beautiful Southern (and maybe even Eastern) beaches could be tained by black gold for years to come. And despite the protests, tweets, and posts, indignation won’t help the fact that by [...]
Twitter: My Filter
Categories: Technology
By Andreana “Addy” Drencheva 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 [...]
Connected to Music
Categories: Lifestyle
“Listen to Tommy with a candle burning, and you’ll see your future,” says Anita Miller in 2000’s semi-autobiographical Almost Famous. (Before we get started, seriously, watch that trailer. It gives me chills.) Anyhow – For “ELEVEN?!?!”-year-old William Miller, the on-screen version of real-life journalist-cum-director Cameron Crowe, those words begin teenage years full of sex, drugs [...]
