After participating in tweets and getting to know the network better helped me look at twitter in a much different light. Although I'll admit I'm definitely not fit to be in the categorization as a "twitter addict" but I can confidently say that I got more accustomed to using the program and taking advantage of people, companies, restaurants, or TV shows that you can follow.
Most of my tweets didn't really pertain to anything I believe was worth while to anyone following because they were more like descriptions of my day or how I was feeling. I enjoyed and had fun reading the MTV tweets, which predominantly feed you in on the latest gossip and the sites you can find them on. I can see how twitter is so successful, you can also see how this is reflecting the recent changes on facebook. Facebook has now set up the home page as your twitter may be, which is used by displaying people's statuses. This in itself shows the impact that it is having on the public and companies as well as the pressure it is now putting on other social networks.
I'm sure the more I use this network and the more friends I continue to build it will get me hooked as it has to most people.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
CNN's iReport
After recently touring the CNN building in Atlanta during my spring break this past week I was introduced to i-report (iReport). Similar to the well known youtube, iReport is a public journalistic site where anyone around the globe can post photos or video's on any breaking news that they have encountered. This site was created in 2006 to take advantage of citizen's availability to certain events. iReport takes a page of wikinews by allowing and encouraging the public to submit stories, photos, and videos from anywhere and from any source, such as a phone, camera or computer.
The site didn't become a hit until 2007 when a video was submitted to the iReport site from a graduate student who had captured the sounds of gunfire at the Virginia Tech Masacre. CNN had paid the student for rights to the video that he had shot as well. This notable event shows how the immediacy of such content on a site such as iReport helps to disclose a certain story/event when the news reporters aren't able to attain such information.
The iReport site: www.ireport.com
Check it out!
The site didn't become a hit until 2007 when a video was submitted to the iReport site from a graduate student who had captured the sounds of gunfire at the Virginia Tech Masacre. CNN had paid the student for rights to the video that he had shot as well. This notable event shows how the immediacy of such content on a site such as iReport helps to disclose a certain story/event when the news reporters aren't able to attain such information.
The iReport site: www.ireport.com
Check it out!
New Facebook
Why is it once we get used to the new layout of Facebook they decide to change it once again. And these I might add are changes that aren't helping the site in any way. It just causes mass chaos and leaves more work for users because they end up sitting on their Facebook accounts to relearn how to maneuver through the site.
The new facebook looks like somebody threw up everywhere because all sense of organization is lost. There are icons of new videos and photos and comments by random people flooding my home page. I haven't liked the changes since they began with the introduction of the tabs to separate all the information from each other. It seems as if facebook has lost all sense of expression, by moving applications to a seperate page, such as bumper stickers or top friends off the main page. That effects what people see when they click on a person's profile. So, unless someone is doing a full out "facebook stalk" its hard to get a upfront and good idea of what people are trying to portray on their page. In my opinion facebook is getting very bland especially when they try to change the site so often throwing people off their norm. And also making it into a site that isn't even attractive.
Facebook definitely needs to do a better job of listening to what it's users actually do want instead of just throwing random applications and organizational tools that no one even wants.
The new facebook looks like somebody threw up everywhere because all sense of organization is lost. There are icons of new videos and photos and comments by random people flooding my home page. I haven't liked the changes since they began with the introduction of the tabs to separate all the information from each other. It seems as if facebook has lost all sense of expression, by moving applications to a seperate page, such as bumper stickers or top friends off the main page. That effects what people see when they click on a person's profile. So, unless someone is doing a full out "facebook stalk" its hard to get a upfront and good idea of what people are trying to portray on their page. In my opinion facebook is getting very bland especially when they try to change the site so often throwing people off their norm. And also making it into a site that isn't even attractive.
Facebook definitely needs to do a better job of listening to what it's users actually do want instead of just throwing random applications and organizational tools that no one even wants.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The NeverEnding Story
After indulging in about every girl's guilty pleasure I read in the wise words of Perez Hilton that another rendition of The NeverEnding Story is quite possibly getting ready to be made. I don't know about you but being an 80's baby this news was very exciting. I had actually completely forgotten about all these movies from this time period, such as my 2 all time favorites, The Labyrinth and The Goonies. It kind of worries me though because like those movies, The NeverEnding Story is a classic and questionable if it should be even touched. But hopefully like most gossip on Perezhilton.com, this will live up to its expectations, because if it is this will definitely have to be a must see!Saturday, February 21, 2009
Facebook, every college student's obsession. It began with myspace an outlet for all ages to share photos, comments, and express yourself through your page. But, in the past year facebook has been able to surpass the leading network myspace sufficiently.
I thought it would be interesting to take a network that we use daily, and look further into it start looking at the statistics of this program in different categories.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Fitannica Fitness Network
Coming soon to the internet is a new social network called Fitannica Fitness Network. It was put together in order to bring together and connect "fitness-oriented" people. Fitannica is being created as an outlet for people to set their fitness goals, inform and train for athletic events, share your health lifestyles, and even to find some workout partners!
I really believe that this new network is such a great idea. It brings together people with a same interest to allow them to better themselves through goals and to make better health conscience decisions. Fitannica Fitness Network might be the new hit in social networking, so look out for it!
I really believe that this new network is such a great idea. It brings together people with a same interest to allow them to better themselves through goals and to make better health conscience decisions. Fitannica Fitness Network might be the new hit in social networking, so look out for it!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Groundswell Statistics
With the Groundswell Statistics I picked Males ages 25-34. I began with the U.S. and basically got the numbers that I predicted. The majority of the large numbers lies within the Spectators and Joiners, with the inactives being the lowest. The next country I picked was Australia, and surprised to find that the numbers were almost identical to the ones in the U.S. Granted I wasn't too in tuned to the networking in Australia, but I never thought they were to be as high as they were. The last country I looked at was Europe. The numbers were so much lower then the U.S. and Australia especially in the creators, critics, collectors and joiners which to me was definitely not a surprise.
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