The future of social media actually scares me. I just recently “updated” my facebook, because they now have new profiles and new settings. It was confusing at first but now the new facebook is more about where one works, and where one goes to school. You wouldn’t know if someone was single or in a relationship unless you went digging through their information. I feel as though facebook is trying to avoid their demise. I think they are afraid facebook will turn out as myspace did so they are trying to make it less creepy. They are emphasizing the personal accomplishments of oneself and interests that one has. They also created a feature where you type in directly on your profile how many languages one speaks. 

That was really interesting because I saw many people who wrote down two or three languages they spoke or learned in college and I never would have known that! I am not one to really join in on the social media craze. I have a facebook, linkedIn for work, and gmail. Maybe I am more personal than others but if in the future appears a network MORE personal than facebook I know that I will not be ready to join. I already have problems with people tagging me in pictures and writing on my wall all the time. And then I get weirded out when no one writes on my wall because I think…everyone is doing it why hasn’t someone written on my wall in a day. A day? It’s an addicting site. Although, I admit I am curious to see where social media goes. I am just fearful about how far they will. 

I currently do not have the internet on my phone and it KILLS me. There are times when I want to keep in touch with friends or employers via social networks. It is not only for fun or to pass the time. With my last co-op, my boss always wanted me to let her know 25 minutes before I was going to be late to work. In my commuting experiences, it is impossible to even make that kind of call that early on. There were times when I was suppose to be on time and then a train would break down right before I entered the holland tunnel. There would also be times when the train was extremely late and then would make the trip a direct train in order to keep schedule so then I really wouldn’t be late. 

When this kind of stuff would happen I always felt stupid calling my boss 2-3 times to inform her that I was going to be late and then call her again and tell her that I wasn’t going to be late and to not start the meeting or leave the offices without me because I was going to make it on time. It was just such a huge hassle when I could have just BBMed her or messaged her on gchat or facebook like she asked me to. 

There was this one time I had to take a cab and get merchandise from other stores and then couldn’t get back to our offices due to a gay pride parade that decided to take over Times Square. To make matters worse, the NYPD wouldn’t let me cross the parade at any street until the parade was over. My boss said she would be in a meeting with potential clients but needed the garments for this meeting. I freaked! I couldn’t call her! I didn’t know if my texts would get to her because she had a blackberry and I was confused on all of the different ways to IM and text. I tried to text her anyways but she didn’t answer. I ended up having to call another co-op to go down disturb my boss at her meeting and tell her the clothing was going to be late. It was a disaster. My boss said she got my text but couldn’t respond. She understood and laughed it off but at the time I thought I was going to get fired. I felt stupid texting her about three times asking if she got this text. 

Everyone is jumping on the social media bandwagon. Even if your 35+ years old. Having it at all times has gone from a luxury to a must these days. 

Creating a digital footprint for your unborn child is almost as effective as creating one for your dog or pet cat. It’s pretty dumb and pointless. They are not going to use it or get anything from it so why bother? I wouldn’t want my mother or father to predetermine how to have my imprint on the social and digital world. They already get to predetermine by room color, clothing choices, nap time and what I am going to grow up to be. You can not predetermine if your child is going to be a girlie girl or a macho man jock. Children, even before they are born, should be who they are and not have to feel like they have these shoes to fill in the cyber world as well as the real one. 

I very much enjoy the e-mail advertising I receive from certain websites. I hate getting junk mail from places that I don’t even know or like. Websites like Forever21, and Philly.com are two great examples because they are completely different and offer (to me) a whole lot. 

Philly.com always sends me great deals on cool restaurants in center city. I once got a coupon for a three course meal for two at Devil’s Alley on Chestnut St. for just $20! After that meal, devil’s alley became my go-to dinner place when my boyfriend and I couldn’t decide where to eat. We love the atmosphere, he loved the beer samplers and I loved the hearty american food choices. I really wouldn’t have though Devil’s Alley was anything special because it looks just like any other bar-restaurant. I wish I knew how well they made out with the big discount they gave out to philly.com, but I know that I have been back several times. That was a huge money making broadcast Devil’s alley made, and I’m sure that was the reason why they did it. 

http://phillydealyo.philly.com/deal/uncategorized/tavern-broad

I’m deleted my past deals on philly.com but they look like this ^^ 

I always, always, go on forever21.com. Since I do not have a car I rarely make it out to KOP. The commute by bus is about 45 mins-an hour and if I don’t have anyone that wants to come with me I rather just not go. Whenever I go on the website, I always click what I like and save it to my bag. The best part about this is it SAVES it for me. Even if I clear my history page…I don’t have to log in or anything. It’s magical. What’s great about this feature is when I get e-mails from forever, telling me about sales, or new merchandise that comes in, I can see if that dress I love is on sale or remember to check out their new shoe collection. It also gets me excited for the next season to come because I get to spend hours just clicking through their clothing and lookbook, and I get to check out all the other random stuff they put on their website like contests or photo shoots. 

I totally misunderstood the last assignment. The most interesting thing I heard from our class debate was from the team against LinkedIn. I always had such positive thoughts about this type of social media because it came across as such a professional tool. It seemed like something everyone in the work force was doing and it seemed like employers really enjoyed seeing that I had a LinkedIn. While looking for a part time job in Philadelphia, I was asked several times if I had a LinkedIn. Also, previous employers from my last co-op had found me and added me. 

I don’t truly agree with everything that was said but it was definitely eye opening. To think that my LinkedIn page can be biased due to co-workers I have on my page or even due to friends from college seems a bit catty to me. 

I know that one of my boss’ I used to report to added me on LinkedIn. I was also added a D&M student who was fired from my co-op and my boss asked me why I would be friends with someone like her. It seemed a bit “high school” to me but I soon realized that relationships in the work force are extremely important. 

The most interesting fact I found about Myspace besides the hundreds of lawsuits against MySpace, was one that featured a young boy in eighth grade in the Philadelphia area. This news was current happening in March of 2010. This particular student thought it would be humorous to photoshop pictures of his principal to the point where it looked so realistic that parents took note and stepped in. The pictures were posted on MySpace, acting as if the student was in disbelief that he found these pictures on the internet. 

After being fired, the principal then tried to pick up the pieces and find employment else where and was unsuccessful. Even when he finally got a job, he was dismissed due to the pictures on MySpace. That is when he finally took action against the boy and against MySpace. The case against MySpace was a lost cause, but he won against the boy. 

According to this article, it was shocking how much these pictures look like the man who was suppose to be the leader and example of the school. This was just one of many horrible, life-ruining examples I found due to liberty to post whatever someone wants on the internet. 

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13. Favorite John Mayer Interview

John Mayer on MSM. March 06, 2010.

My blog is pretty dull. I’m not sure what really work well because I’m not following anyone or have people following me. I guess what I thought was that every week when I posted something, my professor would respond, or give me some feedback. I should have checked out all the different tumblr options in detail. I’m not even sure If I’m writing these the wrong way. I kind of just throw my opinion and thoughts out there. Although if those are thoughts I don’t think that they can really be wrong. 

I definitely want to add pictures when I discuss my topics. I think that it would give the reader a lot more to think about and visually be able to understand where I am coming from. I am going to see what more tumblr has to offer other than just somewhere to write down my feelings about social networks. 

I feel as though if I speak negatively about podcasts someone in this class or my professor will just cut my head off. I really can’t help it though. They are just not my thing. I don’t have any relationship with podcasts because I really just hate talk radio. I know we spoke of the itunes podcasts, and even though there seems to be a million different stations for various personalities, I just can’t seem to gravitate to just hearing voices and not seeing what is going on. I dislike talk radio in general and to me, listening to someone’s voice for a half hr or so gets boring if I can’t see what they look like and where they are talking from. 

I guess for some people who can stand the talking and not the seeing, I understand why this must appeal. Some people find it more relaxing to hear a soft voice rather that a mix of instruments and synthesizers. My father for example rather hear something interesting on the BBC radio on the way to the grocery store rather than some music. Why? I have no clue! I couldn’t possibly be like this. It bugs the heck out of me.

I did some research and I know that there are some cool “vodcasts” (videos) and some interesting ones at that. I just rather open my mind and clear my head with some music rather than hear the thoughts, or problems of people. It has come to my attention that I have not found any podcast that I even like. So, maybe my search is still on. There still might be hope for me and my non-existent relationship. 

I had an interesting day on facebook today. I totally understand when groups of people put similar status on their facebooks because they’re are in fraternities, sororities, sports teams…etc, and they want to get a general message across to all their friends to come to certain events or games. I’ve done it, I see it all the time with friends and it never has really bothered me.

Today it did. I saw countless girls, and girls ONLY, put “I like it on my…”, and everyone had a different place they liked “it” on. I saw desk, bed, floor, washing machine, dresser…you get the idea. I was so confused as to why every girl had the urge to tell the world where they liked to do it on.

Embarrassing enough. I googled it. After a few seconds I to would tell everyone out there in cyber space where I liked it on. 

After researching, I felt dumb that I did not know it was Breast Cancer Awareness month. The “I like it” trend was in attempts to unite women around a cause in a secret way. Seems a bit odd but ok. The article said it was a way to leave men in the dark and that the word “it” actually stood for the word the word “purse”. Which definitely makes sense. 

Whether or not I felt it was silly to join in on this. The fact that my mother was a breast cancer survivor, I felt the need to join in.