Charlie Sheen’s Roast: An Accredited Online School of Social Media (and Winning)
When Charlie Sheen first began his media blitz earlier this year, people thought he was insane. People still think he is insane, but it turns out he...
Special Education in Media: Good SEO, or No-Show?
Good search engine optimization (SEO) techniques vie for top rankings by using keywords to grab the attention of search engines like Google and Bing. Many website developers...
The Mental Workings of Social Media, and Its effect on YOU
There are plenty of people out there today that use social media to its fullest. They want to learn about the world and the people in it,...
How Social Media Works: A Look at Human Psychology
People use social media a lot today. And I mean A LOT. I'm constantly checking my Twitter account, wondering what status messages have changed on FB... wondering...
You’re a Social Media Whatsit? – An Overabundance of Social Media Job Titles
Social media buzzwords are all around us -- Web 2.0, engagement, community, conversation, influencers, and countless others. But have you realized how much social media buzzwords have...
Is Social Media Killing Personal Relationships?
Is the bite-sized world of social media leading to bite-sized and unsubstantial personal relationships? This was a question I asked myself recently when looking at some of...
Does the Social Web Stop Us from Thinking for Ourselves?
Recently I've torn into Mashable not one, but two, times. In both cases the issue had to do with them posting either misleading or downright false statistics...
Hey Twitter: Stop Telling Me What I Want!
First, let me say that I love Twitter. I was a slow convert, but love it despite its problems. And that said, I'm continually amazed by Twitter's...
The Social Media Lifecycle
I don't make it a big secret that I'm not a fan of Facebook. Yet I don't let the hype about the site get me down too...
Are Analytics Services Sharing Your Personal Browsing History?
A huge part of social media measurement involves studying the Web analytics of your blog (or your company's blog). There are numerous free and subscription-based services available...
