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When Does the iPhone Become an iMemory?

August 31, 2012

For New Year’s Eve, I was in Amsterdam, visiting my dad. At the time, I dared to wander out onto the downtown streets to witness the all-day fireworks marathon around eight or nine at night. People swarmed the cobbled alleys, plazas, and vast field behind the Van Gogh Museum, where a gargantuan stage was being…

Technology

featured, smartphones, technology

Facebook’s IPO: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

August 16, 2012

Today marks a new low in Facebook’s share value as the initial lock-up for employees ended and some key people left the company. This has prompted a flurry of speculation about whether Facebook is doomed or not. I’m not going to add my arrow to said flurry, but I’d like to take a step back…

Marketing, Technology

Facebook, social media, social media marketing, technology

Getting Arrested for a Tweet: The Age of the Post-Anonymous Internet

July 20, 2012

Can saying terrible things on the internet land you in jail? Thanks to social media, it looks like the answer is creeping closer to “yes.” In March, a 21-year-old who drunkenly tweeted racist remarks was charged with “inciting racial hatred” in the United Kingdom. He was sent to prison for 56 days. Two British boys,…

Culture, Technology

generation y, millennial, social media, technology, Twitter

Help, My Mom Has More Twitter Followers Than Me!

November 23, 2011

I’m 23. I’ve used Twitter since September. Coincidentally, my mom started a Twitter account around the same time. Take a gander at the two accounts, if you will. My mom has 194 followers at the time of this writing. I have a measley 82. My mom has more Twitter followers than me. Me! A tech-savvy millennial who works for…

Marketing, Technology

social media, social media marketing, technology, Twitter

eBooks: The Future of Writing, Once Everyone Gets Over It

May 23, 2011

Reading Time: ~5 minutes When the Kindle first came out, I remember a distinct feeling as my heart sunk into a swamp of pessimism. This is it, I thought. I am an English major, an aspiring novelist, a “writer,” at literally the worst time in American history of the world to be one. In other…

For Writers, Technology

books, ebooks, kindle, reading, technology, writing

No One Cares About Your Company’s Tweets

April 23, 2011

~Reading Time: 5 minutes I know you’ve heard the hype. Teenagers are Tweeting each other from their phones. Scratch that. Everyone is Tweeting from their phones, because they all have fancy new smartphones (kinda). Companies are in a panic to follow suit, creating accounts and begging people to follow them. I think it’s time that someone pointed…

Marketing, Technology

marketing, social media, social media marketing, technology, Twitter