17 Mar

Social Media Isn’t Foreplay

Try to simply purchase a cup of coffee without running into some adolescent or young adult who has his or her head buried in their smartphone. I challenge you.

Interestingly enough, Nate Freeman, a journalist for The New York Observer, concludes that modern communication tools and social netwo...

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01 Mar

Digital CliffsNotes | Summarize Text Instantly with Topicmarks

Do you remember those racks of yellow and black books in the corner of the University shop? The ones that your teacher despised and you relied on. Well, CliffsNotes does not even begin to compare with a semantic text startup that has been stirring the pot in recent weeks.

After winning multipl...

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23 Feb

Digital Communication is Flawed

Startup ventures require a lot of communication. I find it ironic that the more advancements in technology the more miscommunications occur. Innovation in regards to social networking has allowed for instant communication across multiple channels. As we have all experienced, more is not necessari...

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22 Feb

Vizibility | When I Google You, What Do I Find?

When James Alexander searched Google for his name in 2009 he found everything but information about him. This frustration was a result from his very common name, comprised of two first names. Only after utilizing Google’s advance search function and targeting his past work history along with othe...

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18 Feb

Almost Good Enough to Eat: Food Communities and Social Media

The “Weekly Wrap Up” post is published every Friday and highlights the concluding week’s activities and events through text, images and video. I hope you enjoy and encourage you to subscribe via RSS and/or Email.

Last week was Social Media Week. In 9 cities across the world, social media enthu...

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