On your Marks, Get Set, Startwire your Job Search
Categories: Business
Have you been applying to jobs and sending your resume to every opening online without any luck? StartWire promises to help you get your foot in the door.
In Love with Social Media (No, Seriously)
Categories: Technology
Oxytocin is a chemical that heightens feelings of love in the human brain. Recent studies and experiments have shown that using Twitter and other forms of social media actually release the chemical, making humans feel happier and relaxed, the more they interact with friends online.
If Google Me is a Facebook killer, sign me up
Categories: Technology
The rumor mill is abuzz about Google’s potential “Facebook Killer” after Digg founder Kevin Rose tweeted that Google is preparing to release a social network called Google Me to compete with Facebook. Well, it’s about damn time.
A Different Kind of Activism
Categories: Current Events
Generation Y doesn’t march on the streets. Instead they take to Facebook and Twitter to protest. Could it be, though, that this is just as effective?
What are the books that changed your world?
Categories: Lifestyle
A couple weeks ago, renowned author and columnist Susan Orlean created the #booksthatchangedmyworld tag on her Twitter page. Soon, the Twitterverse was abuzz and closely following her original post, the tag became a trending topic – and it’s still going. What are the books that changed your world?
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 [...]
Connectedness does not a creator make
Categories: Technology
The Millennial Generation is, without a doubt, the most connected generation yet. But it turns out connectedness isn’t everything. A recent article on the website Millennial Marketing says, “Millennials are some of the most avid users of mobile and Internet technology….[They] rely heavily on digital media to manage their daily life activities, stay informed and [...]
Communicating on Skype
Categories: Technology
I’m a big fan of Skype. It was first introduced to me as a cheap way to call home during my semester abroad, but I’ve many more uses for it. I think we’ll continue to see more uses for this tool as home phone numbers grow obsolete and when Skype introduces multi-user video calling next week. [...]
Is Facebook Ruining Dating for Gen Y?
Categories: Lifestyle
As seen in my last post, social media is an integral part of my life, like many Gen Y’ers. However, I think that social media may be ruining a crucial part of our lives – dating. A surprising statement for someone that shares her life with strangers 24/7, but raise your hand if you’ve ever [...]
Analog > Digital
Categories: Technology
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, [...]
