And How Social Media Can Distort That The intense heat this week had me obsessed with weather reports, switching from the uselessness of the Weather App to the equally uselessness of the weather reports on television, both of which give me more information than I need and seem to take forever to get to the […]
Dear Twitter, Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
It seems like just yesterday we first met, but it wasn’t. It was April 16, 2009 at 7:43PM to be exact. My first tweet was the next day. That was almost three years after you launched but that was when Twitter was really catching on. Maybe it was Ashton Kutcher becoming the first user to reach […]
Why I Don’t Want To Live In A Metaverse
My father was a technology nerd, long before there was such a thing. He got into the refrigeration and appliance business when that was all brand new and shiny. My mother said when they got married in 1951, they had no money, no furniture, but they did have a Crosley TV perched on a cardboard […]
The Internet Gave Us All A Voice
With that comes responsibility The Internet gave us all a voice, yet some days – and I have no doubt this is a very controversial statement to make – I wonder why so many of us feel the need to exercise that voice so needlessly and without giving any thought before posting on social media, […]
If We Want Social Media to Change, We Have to Recognize Our Role in It
Every time I teach a class on social media, I begin by fessing up to my love/hate relationship with the platforms. My favorite to pick on is Facebook. I had one student a few years ago who politely listened to my rants until halfway through the semester when she informed me her husband worked at […]
The Making Of A Podcast
In 2011 I went to Blogworld’s New Media Expo at the Javits Center. One of the breakout sessions I sat in on was about podcasting – how easy it was for anyone to start one and how this was the next great wave in media. I left that session so enthused! I had started my […]
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