Browsing All Posts published on »April, 2010«

I Was Jumped by Facebook

April 29, 2010

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A few months ago I was listening to some music on my Pandora station. It was a song that I really liked (and I had expressed so by clicking the “thumbs-up” like button), when I happened to notice a new option of posting the song on my Facebook wall.  I thought “why not?” and clicked… [Read more…]

The Politics of Social Media

April 27, 2010

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It has been stated and analyzed many times before that one of the defining factors of Barack Obama’s 2009 campaign for presidency, and subsequent administration, has been the use of social media. Not only does his communications team use it, they get it. In a Forbes article last week, Obama’s strategy to hold Wall Street… [Read more…]

Can “The Joneses” Keep Up?

April 15, 2010

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On April 16th, the film The Joneses hit the theaters. Have you heard of it? Probably not. This seems completely ironic for a film that not only stars Demi Moore, but whose tagline is “They’re not living the American dream, they’re selling it.”  The movie is about a seemingly perfect family that includes the perfect… [Read more…]

Seeing Into the Future

April 13, 2010

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In 2008, Nokia and The Museum of Modern Art launched an exhibition called “Design and The Elastic Mind.”  The mind-bending exhibit featured a concept mobile device called the Morph.  It is truly something you have to see to believe. This video tells the story of the Morph, shows how it would be used, and explains… [Read more…]

Sunday Swag: Tweet Sneaks

April 11, 2010

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Forget “whistle while you work.” Now you can tweet while you walk. “Rambler” Shoes Tweet Even More Mundane Information To Your Feed AUTHOR: CHEYNNE | Are you an obsessive compulsive Tweeter that must broadcast every single occurrence of your life? I’m talking what you just ate, how your last bowel movement felt, your fluctuating relationship status,… [Read more…]

Social Media: The New Green Eggs and Ham

April 8, 2010

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My post the other day on the Alicia Keys job hunt had me dangerously daydreaming of all the adventurous places I could be blogging from. On a boat… With a goat… In the rain… In the dark… On a train… In a box… With a fox… In a house… With a mouse… Here… And there…… [Read more…]

Searching: Alicia Keys, Monster’s 6Sense, & the Job Hunt

April 6, 2010

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This week singer Alicia Keys announced her search for a full-time Head Blogger to work for her new site IAAS.com (I Am A Super Woman). The blog, which references one of her hit singles, is meant to contribute a positive space for women in the blogging world that can often be laden with celebrity infidelities,… [Read more…]

April’s Fools

April 1, 2010

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It’s April 1st, and the day has been filled with fake Facebook relationship statuses, Whole Foods recipes for Deep-fried Bacon-wrapped Bacon with Bacon Bits and other recipes NSFW, and the official announcement of Topeka. In jest, Google proclaimed that it would be rebranding and changing its name to Topeka, after the city.  While the joke… [Read more…]

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