Twelebrity
Twitter has only been around for about a year and a half, and yet it has already fundamentally changed the way we communicate. Whether we like it or not, Twitter is – and will continue to become – a standard form of communication…as standard as IM and text messages. One way in which Twitter is changing the world is in how it’s redefining our definition of celebrity (ok, “twelebrity” might be silly…but regardless, it’s appropriate). It used to be that celebrities – writers, actors, politicians, etc. – were these untouchable, unreal...
read moreBlogging or Slogging?
In “Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004,” Paul Boutin of Wired writes that blogs are oh-so-passé. Of course, having just started this blog myself, I was pretty resistant to his commentary, and I feared perhaps a little biased. I felt less biased and more grounded when he went on to say that if you have a blog, pull the plug…and if you’re thinking about starting one, don’t bother. Instead, migrate to Twitter or Facebook or YouTube (blech!) for your self-expression. Because of course, “Commentors are tards,” not to mention “Google...
read moreShift Happens 3.0
I think this video is a really interesting glimpse into the truth of the changing world we live in. It may look familiar to you – Karl Fisch, an educator at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, created his original “Shift Happens” presentation as a glimpse into the changing world of communication and learning. It quickly became an Internet phenomenon, with various versions viewed on YouTube more than five million times. The version above has been remixed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and updated for 2008. I do think it’s funny that the last statistic they...
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