So, What’s Your Good News For The Day?
Phyllis Wilson tried a little experiment on her Facebook and Twitter accounts recently where she posted the comment “Okay need some good news, what's your good news for the day?” [Read more]
Questioning the Future of Nostalgia: Technology’s Paradoxical Effect on Photographic Record Keeping
We live in a time when you can easily and copiously capture images — even cell phones have cameras now — but these images ironically also have a new fragility as digital photography and electronic storage are constantly being upgraded. What happens to our memories? What happens to our sense of mortality and immortality? [Read more]
How to Fight Social Media Multiple Personality Disorder…and Win
Too many social media accounts? Too many personalities to maintain on Twitter? Neil Johnston has figured out the cure, and it's relatively painless. [Read more]
Twitter Advertising: Big Yawn or Next Wave in Social Marketing?
As Twitter readies itself for the plunge into advertising, Neil Johnston explores the impact on social media. Is this going to be a big yawn or a big wave? And what will it mean for you? [Read more]
F5 Expo: What’s the Big Idea? (Malcolm Gladwell Knows)
Life As A Human correspondent Christopher Holt heads to the F5 Expo in Vancouver in search of the next big technology idea. He finds dust bunnies, Twitter tips and odes to the outdated. Fortunately, Malcolm Gladwell inspired a light bulb moment. [Read more]
Tweet, Stumble and Ping: Driving Traffic with Social Media
At one time, ‘hip’ humans learned to shake, rattle and roll; now we learn to tweet, stumble and ping our way through life. That’s because if you want to have a successful blog or website in today’s internet, you absolutely must leverage... [Read more]
Pump Up The Dork
Some harmless YouTube video viewing brings back one nerd's painful junior high memories — including bad hair, unfortunate clothing, and Mariah Carey. [Read more]
Bullies, Facebook and the Passage of Time
When you look back into the past, and then compare it to a real life picture on Facebook, the truth often can surprise you. One of the powers of social media is the gap of time it closes, and the shift in perspective it can initiate. It can be a transformative experience, especially when it humanizes the school bully. [Read more]
Social Media Redeems Itself
Even for a social media lover, there are days when social media is too, well, social. But sometimes amidst the noise, you'll find a single beautiful clear message. [Read more]
Winner Takes All. Again.
Charisma is no longer magic, it’s measurable. So will the winner keep winning if the rest of us can now study her secrets to success? The playing field’s been leveled. [Read more]
