And the award goes to… TWITTER!
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 [...]
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 [...]
Twitter: My Filter
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 [...]
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 [...]
Connected to Music
“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 and rock & [...]
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 [...]
CNN: Reporting The Future
Among Millennials there has been a lot of talk about the future of newspapers and journalism in general. Frankly, the decline of print media is frightening. With the introduction and explosion of social media it is so easy to disregard traditional journalism in favor of the citizen-journalism structure.
However, there seems to be one news outlet [...]
