Archive for the 'Social Media' Category

Searching for Comedy in Higher Education

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

I had a blast in college. Yes, I worked hard, but I also screamed at the top of my lungs at Longhorn football games, played ultimate Frisbee in the park, wandered around the Drag for no reason at all and got excited about ordering a #1 combo from Junior, the best and most famous Wendy’s [...]

Social Media Rejection

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Twitter’s new lists feature offers users a much-needed way to organize who you follow and group them into custom categories. And since you can see what lists others have placed you in, it’s also a fascinating and useful way to see how other tweeters think about you or your brand.
I discovered this rather rudely when [...]

7 Things I Learned on Twitter in 7 Days

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Plenty of my friends and colleagues are devoted to Twitter, but I also get a lot of eye rolls and blank stares when the microblogging buzzword comes up. And a new study claims that 40% of tweets are “pointless babble.”
Well, if all you get from Twitter is pointless babble, then the community you follow is [...]

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