Fun stories and tips for getting famous people to notice you
2
Aug
Social Networking Connects Celebrities and Fans
Posted by Rima Published in Entertainment, fun, people, social networking, TechnologyTags: 30 rock, brendon walsh, celebrities, celebrity, comedy, comedy club, Curt Smith, Entertainment, facebook, fame, get seen, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business, interview, interviews, isaiah mustafa, jimmy fallon, michael ian black, nashville, old spice, old spice guy, old spice man, reno 911!, saturday night live, social media, social networking, stella, steve garfield, tears for fears, the state, tracy jordan, tracy morgan, twitter, youtube, zanies
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29
Jun
Digg’s Kevin Rose created juggernaut of speculation about “Google Me,” an upcoming social networking service, and now others are coming out of the woodwork to confirm that it’s no rumor, and that it could destroy Facebook.
Tags: adam d'angelo, bing, buzz, digg, facebook, google, google me, kevin rose, orkut, privacy, quora, social networking, social networks, twitter, voice, wave
27
Apr
Social Media and Surviving the Addiction Generation
Posted by Rima Published in Blogs, Entertainment, human nature, Journalism, social networking, TechnologyMy recent Social Media Blackout experiment left me feeling all pathetic and alone, but it turns out that I’m not (alone, anyway). Last week, University of Maryland researchers found that college students who swore off social media and texting showed signs of withdrawal similar to what drug addicts experience after quitting cold turkey. Sound familiar? [...]
Tags: addiction, blackout, blogging, experiment, facebook, media, moderation, networking, social, twitter
18
Apr
My Social Media Blackout: Confessions of an Addict
Posted by Rima Published in Blogs, human nature, social networkingWe’re in the car on the way to work and my fingers are twitching like I’m some sort of addict. (And maybe I am.)
Tags: addiction, black out, blackout, blogging, connecting, digg, facebook, flickr, frenemies, frienemies, generation net, generation next, grammar, internet, iphone, media, milennials, multimedia, myspace, networking, news-geek, nra, online, orkut, social, social media, social networking, twitter, web
4
Mar
Four years of schooling, thousands of dollars of student loan debt and a piece of paper doesn’t have anything over the guy with a iPhone and Twitter.
Tags: angry journalist, angryjournalist.com, education, future of journalism, iphone, Journalism, journalism education, kiyoshi martinez, layoffs, twitter
25
Feb
Twitter: From the Cool to the Completely Insane
Posted by Rima Published in Breaking News, Entertainment, Journalism, Politics, TechnologyLots of celebrities use Twitter and if you follow enough of them, some will eventually start following you back. This is the case with Yoko Ono, Shaquille O’Neal, Dr. Drew, Jimmy Fallon
Tags: congress, dr. drew, john cleese, richard branson, shaquille o'neal, social networking, social networks, social theory, tweet, twitter, twittering, yoko ono
23
Feb
Twitter Ranks Third Among Social Networking Sites–But What’s the Appeal?
Posted by Rima Published in Breaking News, Entertainment, Journalism, Technology, WorldJust yesterday the Times of London quoted several psychologists who all say that we Tweet because we have an underdeveloped sense of the self. We’re narcissists. Ouch.
Tags: facebook, fads, iphone, multimedia, myspace, narcissism, psychologists, social networks, social theory, times of london, trends, twitter, world of warcraft
3
Feb
Twitter Maps keep Americans Connected During Super Bowl XLIII
Posted by Rima Published in Breaking News, Entertainment, TechnologyThis week, my students are learning the importance of storing data on maps. Not only do maps offer readers additional visual entry points into Web content, but they can also make mundane or unwieldy data interesting.
Tags: maps, social networking, social networks, super bowl, twitter
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 Rima Chaddha Mycynek is a writer, reporter, editor, photographer, videographer, former talk show host, and all-around journalism nerd. She currently teaches multimedia journalism at Boston University. [Read More] |
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