Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
At the risk of being branded a heretic or fired from the agency, I have to say it: I loathe social media. Why? Because it’s just media. And since when was media ever interesting? It sure wasn’t when media professionals started talking about it all the time.
People are interesting. Their stories, hobbies, ideas… all interesting. Real stuff is interesting. Brands can be interesting. Even ads can be interesting. But media? Remember how former United States Continue Reading...
On Thursday, June 11th MSN ‘s UK tech site broke a story, interviewing Professor Ben Light of the University of Salford on the new Master’s degree in ‘Social Media.’ People will now have the option to have an MA in Facebook and Twitter.
Really!?!
Really, University of Salford!?! Are you seriously sending your students into the ultra-competative workforce of a world on the brink of economic collapse, arming them with a tremendous debt to pay off and Continue Reading...
It’s coming. “Soon you will be able to have a username.” Facebook’s countdown is set for Friday, June 12th, 11:01CST. Just after the stroke of eleven, the world’s biggest nerds will frantically begin logging into Facebook with the intent on grabbing as many great vanity URLs they can land across several accounts. To their misfortune, unsuspecting companies around the world will ignore this.
For unsuspecting business owners, the Facebook vanity Continue Reading...