May
23
My Beef with the Trending Topics
Every time I log on to Twitter there are a few things I have to check before I do anything else. The first place my eyes always divert is to that little box on the left side of the page which holds none other then the trending topics. The trending topics can sometimes be a life line for me. I've admitted that I get the majority of my news from social media channels, so I rely on them to tell me important things like if someone famous died, a tragedy occurs, a natural disaster happened in the world, ...Keep Reading
For the first time in my life, I don't have cable. I thought this would drive me crazy and at while at times it does, it has forced me to seek out other entertainment options that I otherwise wouldn't have discovered.
This past Sunday, I tuned in the Third Annual Streamy Awards. For those who are not aware, the Streamys are basically the Emmys of web video. The two hour event was streamed live online. In between performances by Soulja Boy and Vanilla Ice, awards were given to some of YouTube's 
I'm not just going to sit here and tell you how to use Twitter or how not to use Twitter. There are a approximately 637 other blog posts out they that can tell you that. Instead, I'm going to show you. Below you will find two interesting Twitter encounters I had in the past two weeks. One exceptional example, and one not so exceptional example. 
Yesterday, Klout announced some big changes to the algorithm it uses to calculate your influence score. This came much to the dismay of its users as many took to the Twitterverse, moaning and groaning about how the changes made their score drop 20+ points. With that kind of Klout score, they'll never be able to buy a car, rent an apartment, or take out a loan. Oh wait, I'm sorry, that's a credit score. You know, a number that is actually significant in life.
Now I use Klout. I track my score and 
For better or worse, change is something we experience on a daily basis. In Facebook's case, it's every couple of month. This past week, Facebook rolled out some major changes to it's newsfeed and Facebookers across the globe were less than thrilled. It seems every time the smallest change occurs on that site the backlash begins. "Why does Facebook always have to change." "New Facebook sucks." "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." To all of these people crying like babies that they can't figure out 
Mom always told me not to sit too close to the TV. Well what about sitting close to my computer screen while watching TV? As if