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January 18, 2012 

The Blackout

{EAV:53ab78dd4add6fe6} In case you have no idea what is going on today, the Internet might look a little “weird” to you today.  Today is January 18th. Today major and non-major websites alike “go dark” in protest of the upcoming vote on the SOPA/PIPA acts.  These bills were brought about in Congress to combat computer terrorism [...]

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August 8, 2011 

Overloading Social Media

Information is popping out of our ears these days.  It does not take much for someone to go into information overload.  We have different types of data hitting us from every different direction; text messages, emails, Facebook, Google+, Twitter and apps on our smart phones.  There are only so many different types of data that [...]

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August 5, 2011 

Sending Meaningful Tweets

Tweeting is a big thing these days.  It appeals to our culture and sense of being because we can get short, meaningful updates from people in real-time and not have to waist valuable time doing it.  In a culture where we want everything now or yesterday, speedy mobile connections allows us to get updates on [...]

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