A case study in crowdfunding content

March 18, 2013 on Social Media by Aurelio Toral

A case study in crowdfunding content

March 18, 2013 on Social Media by Aurelio Toral

Video Game High School (VGHS) is the most successful webseries of all time boasting more than 36 million views on YouTube in its first season, crowdfunding more than a quarter of a million dollars for production. Its success led to a deal with Netflix to make the webisode content exclusively available for their 33 Million [...]

Why does society treat privacy as a disposable commodity?

February 16, 2013 on Social Media by Aurelio Toral

Imagine an epic battle between Batman and Ironman… It won’t happen because one is a superhero from DC Comics and the second one belongs to the Marvel Universe. In the world of comic rights, to be one or the other is worse than becoming villainous archenemies. Fortunately, we are not looking to create the ultimate [...]

Have we forgotten etiquette when it comes to Twitter?

February 13, 2013 on Social Media by Nancy Jean

I love Twitter. I have since the day I signed on and saw this amazing stream of consciousness on my monitor. I quickly found people to follow, people from whom I could learn things, and I finally took the plunge and tweeted my first tweet.  

Be thankful for social blessings

November 22, 2012 on Social Media by Hillerie Camille

In the spirit of the coming holiday, I want to give thanks for social media. Like you’re wish for the Thanksgiving prayer, over a heaping plate of food, this post is short and sweet.  Here’s the top three things that make me thankful for social media in 2012:

How to Get Started on Google Plus

October 7, 2012 on Social Media by Samantha Gluck

Many people who’ve used social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook with success still don’t understand how to get started on Google Plus. Perhaps they’ve become so familiar with the mechanics of using their old standby platforms, the fresh look and feel of Google Plus intimidates them. They just don’t know how to get started. If you’re one of [...]

How Social Media is Like Doing Math

September 20, 2012 on Social Media by Bon Crowder

When I talk to people about social media, I notice similarities to talking to people about math. Here’s a handful of the things I’ve seen. Those who do it, think it’s fun and intuitive! As any engineer, math major or computer geek and they’ll tell you that math is no problem – it’s even fun. [...]

How to Cheat on Twitter with your Real Life

September 19, 2012 on Social Media by Hillerie Camille

Everyone hates a cheater, but sometimes it feels so good……. wait, let me explain. I love you Twitter, but there’s someone else. I’m absolutely head over heels in love with Twitter, I’m not really a Facebook kind of girl. I mean, I dabble from time to time but my first love is Twitter. I have [...]

Clueful – How to know how your iOS apps use your personal information

August 29, 2012 on Social Media by Jim Dougherty

Clueful is an iOS and web app that shows you what information you are sharing through your iOS apps and how those apps can exploit your privacy. Made by anti-virus software company BitDefender, it has a storied, mysterious history (that is bound by a confidentiality agreement).  It was released and then pulled from the Apple App Store, [...]

Twitter is “simplifying” tweets by erasing third-party info from them

August 28, 2012 on Social Media by Jim Dougherty

Twitter wants you to come home to the Mothership.  In fact, they are making it much more convenient for you by removing any mention of third-party apps out of tweets. TNW broke the story yesterday, pointing out that Twitter took third party attributions off of their mobile app last month.  Embarrassingly, I had no idea after deleting [...]

How Hootsuite and Twitter developed their “bro code”

August 27, 2012 on Social Media by Jim Dougherty

Twitter has been a little selfish lately.  Last week they added Tumblr to their list of exes (joining Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram among others) and there are many more break-ups on the horizon. One company that seems to still have Twitter’s favor is HootSuite.  Their partnership offers valuable insight about what types of third-party providers [...]

Twitter – How it might “shake up” the U.S. election (but probably not)

August 27, 2012 on Social Media by Jim Dougherty

Twitter is shaking up the US election campaign according to a recent story by AFP. “Because Twitter democratizes the delivery of information, tweets can help a candidate by getting out a message that might not be seen on traditional media like newspapers and television.” they write. They go on to interview and quote people talking about [...]

Twitter – How Tumblr poses a clear and present danger

August 24, 2012 on Social Media by Jim Dougherty

Twitter is at it again.  This week they cut off Tumblr from their API, affecting the ability for Tumblr users to find their Twitter friends on the (kind of) competing microblogging site.  This move seems to further substantiate Twitter’s intent to bring everyone home to the mothership to consume advertising. “developers should not ‘build client [...]

Twitter – How much spam is really on Twitter?

August 20, 2012 on Social Media by Jim Dougherty

Twitter spam is nothing new.  Back in May, “social content cleaning” company Impermium released a study proposing that 40% of all new accounts were spam accounts.  I called that figure “preposterous” because of how broadly spam was defined, but in light of a recent study it’s quite possible that both Impermium and I underestimated the [...]