One of the latest trends in new media weds simplicity and aesthetics together: mobile-friendly one-page websites. But what can you do with only one page? More than you might think. Onepagelove.com curates some of the most gorgeous one-page websites out … Continue reading
I’ll be honest – I used to be a hardcore Twitter snob. I used to be avowedly anti-Twitter, turning my nose to those who used the social networking site. I thought that it seemed narcissistic to blast your opinions into … Continue reading
Recently on WNYC’s On the Media, hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield posed an interesting question: “In this Golden Age of content, who’s going to pay for all this stuff?” We’ll come back to that question in a moment, but … Continue reading
Last night, in my “Text and Image” class, the topic of ethics came up. And although it may not have exactly been the direction my professor wished to go in, this prompted a huge debate of whether or not material … Continue reading
Take a minute to browse this Storify piece from The Today Show. How many types of social media can you point out? Twitter, Vine, Instagram–with Storify, you can reassemble the far-flung fragments of the web and social media spheres into … Continue reading
Over the past few years, the debate over whether social media helps or hurts our culture has changed. Most people aren’t so worried about connectivity anymore; now, we debate over how best to use it. By now we’ve also learned … Continue reading
Recently in one of my classes, a fellow student made the remark that video games are pointless and that they should all be eradicated in favor of books. This deluded individual told the class, “video games haven’t taught anyone anything.” … Continue reading
Doesn’t it seem a little strange that About.com has an entire subdomain dedicated to doing your laundry, including their own designated laundry correspondent? This kind of thing is actually pretty normal in a world where information is shaped by search engine … Continue reading
You might have heard about the media giant Time Warner’s recent break-up with TIME Inc., publisher of the scarlet-lettered staple of grocery store aisles across America. It’s likely that TIME magazine, which has been hemorrhaging advertising money, will go the … Continue reading
I’m just going to throw it out there: many organizations that use social media have no real idea what they’re doing with it, or why they’re using it in the first place. Social media means many things, but few of … Continue reading