I admit that once upon a time, my Myspace account owned me. Back when our only others options were Facebook, Xanga, or Livejournal, Myspace was the place to be. I decorated my profile, posted the million pictures, blogged the contents of my lunch, and yeah, I posted the infamous surveys.



Luckily, the social media realm seems to have grown up and has taken on a life of its own. Thanks to my good friend A.D.D, I have since healed from the shame of Myspace and moved on to other time consuming means of socializing… namely, Twitter!

Continue Reading

Popularity: 8% [?]

In the days of social networking sites gaining more and more exposure, there's one in particular that I find personally the most satisfying.  Twitter is becoming one of the most talked about social networking platformsthat is currently on the web today.  Twitter has been explained as "the center of the internet" by Geekbrief's Cali Lewis.  We've all read by now how a student twittered his way out of jail and there are beginning to be more and more stories of how effective this medium can be.  Still, there are a lot of people out there who don't understand Twitter. 

One of the reasons I find this social medium to be exciting is because of it's social networking power.  You don't necessarily have to have 4,000 friends to create influence on Twitter.  If you can grasp the concept of sending a text message on your cell phone, you can understand the functionality of Twitter.  Twitter only allows you to write 140 characters within each message (or tweet) you send out to the "twitosphere".

Continue Reading

Popularity: 5% [?]

If you're not among the ranks of the hardcore Twitterers, you're on the outside looking in. It's that simple. Honestly, I don't know why I'm writing this post, as it serves me better if all of you DON'T join. The moment Twitter becomes as popular as MySpace, we'll all be moving on to the next best thing.

What is Twitter?
Twitter is a web application that you can access at www.Twitter.com. You join and create a small profile. Then you search for whatever or wherever interests you and you start following other users who share the same interests or specific geographic locations.

Is Twitter a dirty word?
Of course not. A Twitter is a beautiful thing, and a terrible thing to waste. Clear as mud?

Continue Reading

Popularity: 3% [?]