You know the drill: teachers get fired for posting their opinions about the school or parents online. While I see a clear violation of the First Amendment, it comes down to people being offended psychologically, which leads to the public outrage and usually firing of that teacher. Teachers are told to stay away from students online, and to make sure their profiles are private. I think this is … [Read more...]
School and Social Media
Social Media and the Birthday
Birthdays are an interesting part of society. Driving, Voting, and drinking are all tied to how old your are, which in turn is related to your birthday. School is even related to your birthday- you start going in kindergarten and are grouped by age-something that is quite the debate. Social media is another addition to the birthday. Every day, birthdays are advertised on the … [Read more...]
What we learned from Digg’s Mistakes, Apple doesn’t want to be Reel Big Fish
Digg made a huge mistake in 2010, one that happens a lot but is never really addressed. Apple hasn’t made this mistake, Microsoft has in some regards. Other companies go down this route. So what am I talking about? Companies that isolate their fan base by selling out. Any site would be happy to have the following the Digg had. However, making a site profitable for … [Read more...]
Homeless Man is sent to the top with Social Media
This is exactly what I am talking about, and why Social Media is so important. No longer are our “real” and “online” lives separate, they are so intermingled that we can’t live without the online part. This is one of the most effective viral videos I have seen in a while (sadly Justin Bieber is also up there…). This story isn’t one about great advertising of a product, it’s one … [Read more...]
Answer to Social Media Examiner’s article on RockMelt

Social Media Examiner has an article about Rockmelt and it’s effects on other browsers and the internet itself. Rockmelt is revolutionary, but will spur evolutionary spurs of the major browsers to include these features (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera). These features are available as extensions in some browsers currently. Eventually, browsers will have these … [Read more...]
Social Media in 2011
What do I see happening in Social Media in 2011? To tell you the truth, a lot. I see a lot of brands switching their markting styles to incorporate social media. I see online advertisements being more effctive than television and print advertisement. And I see an older crowd joining social media. More companies have been noticing the effectiveness of social media in moving their products. … [Read more...]
Why does Comcast not understand their customers?
All over TV, you’ve been seeing these Comcast guarantee advertisements, with so called employees explaining what it is and what to expect. It is located at this link for your reference –>http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Customers/CustomerGuarantee.html. It all started the other day, when I realized that our internet was much slower than it should be. I did some network tests, and found out … [Read more...]
Most Popular Tweet this week “Christmas”
Mashable posted an article today about the most popular trends this week. Christmas was the most popular topic, followed by the Lunar Eclipse and others. Does it mean more twitter users celebrate Christmas? I’m not exactly sure. However, it does mean that we in the social media game can investigate what people are tweeting along with Christmas. As the article pointed out, … [Read more...]
Twitter down on Christmas

I think all Twitter asked for this year was more bandwidth and better servers. Unfortunately, it looks like all Twitter got was coal. Today Twitter has been plagued with that all two familiar over capacity whale. I’m not sure whether it’s all the Christmas posts, or if it is due to another more malicious cause. Let’s hope it comes back soon, I want to post some Christmas … [Read more...]
The Hashtag is dying (Twitter)
Why do I think the hash tag is dying? Because on any given day, Hashtags are only 40 percent (or less) of the trending topics on twitter. Right now, there are currently 4. Twitter is being used for news, and now textual phrases are what rules. Through two word phrases, I am able to learn about a natural gas line that exploded (PG&E), a new MTV show called “Silent … [Read more...]
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