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Archive for February, 2012


Sh*t I say about those videos

I always wonder what makes a video go viral. (Secretly, I want to make a video go viral) I feel like the best videos tap  into very specific emotions and they help you relate to something. If you have been living under a rock for the past month, chances are you missed out on the […]

The all powerful link- Brigg’s chapter three

I love links. Most of my own online reading is sparked through links on Twitter and through other articles I am already reading. Can you imagine using Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, or onlines articles without the use of links? Chances are you would be more likely to stop reading. I find it hard to understand that […]

How social media influenced a decision

On Tuesday, the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced that it would restrict its previous funding to Planned Parenthood for low-income women in need of mammograms. I found this news out not on television or in the newspaper, but on my Twitter account. My timeline was littered with posts about the Komen Foundation’s decision. Almost all […]

Your future job could be on the line

When Myspace and Facebook first emerged, I never worried about what pictures were posted of me or what comments were made on my page because I was a teenager and having a career was so far in the future I couldn’t even contemplate it. I was having a fun time and I didn’t care who […]

The road to the Super Bowl

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