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Smitten with Twitter

I have yet to see the new Twitter layout, but then again I stick to using TweetDeck for my tweeting needs, so I’m more concerned with what those changes look like.

Brand pages aren’t the only new development coming soon to your Twitter experience. The new Twitter user interface (or UI, which is a key acronym to understand in 2012) has a lot to offer. All of its incredible functionality is captured in this picturesque video, which beautifully articulates why I love Twitter so much. That’s right, I’m smitten with Twitter.

December 9, 2011 by

The Social Network

Facebook has inevitably increased levels of narcissism, thus making its users crave attention from friends, exes and friends of friends.

Imagine what would happen if all of a sudden our favourite social networking site disappeared! Watch, enjoy and ponder that possibility.

December 4, 2011 by

Goodnight iPad

Is the bird jumping over the moon supposed to be the bird from Twitter’s logo?

I’ve heard about research studies suggesting to unplug from gadgets 1 hour prior to bed to help clear your head of distractions and ease the falling to sleep process. Well, before you close your laptop tonight, watch this video.

This book might just be the best book for the technologically savvy iPad-toting parent who already knows what to expect when you’re expecting. And if you’re childless, pick it up as a coffee table book anyway – it can be a conversation piece when you’re entertaining guests and they look up from their phones to notice your decor.

I fondly remember reading this book, the original classic:

November 6, 2011 by

CBS Social Week

Just in time for my group’s class presentation about The Good Wife, CBS is embracing social media to connect with viewers next week, including The Good Wife fans.

Each show updated fans via Facebook and Twitter today to announce their plans for everyone’s favourite actors to share their own insights via the shows’ official social media accounts beginning Sunday night.

This is hardly the first time shows’ cast and crews are live-tweeting, but usually the official TV show account retweets their commentary, whereas next week CBS is letting its stars gain control over online interactions. I’m curious to see if the stars will use more shorthand or slang than usually seen in the accounts’ messages and I’m sure it’ll depend on which actors are composing the tweets.

Viewers who watch the shows live during their scheduled timeslots (and aren’t distracted by a phone or computer) may have noticed that some shows have a watermark during the first scene featuring a hashtag, such as #HIMYM for How I Met Your Mother.

Bravo’s Lisa Hsia shared with Mashable that “getting talent actively involved with a social media strategy is essential to building greater community engagement,” so this is clearly a calculated attempt to heighten viewer engagement.

I suspect that the initiative will increase check-ins amongst GetGlue users who will be eager to join the live conversation. Personally, I suggest CBS support their initiative with more stickers for GetGlue fans as a token of appreciation.

As for The Good Wife, I’d like to see what Matt Czuchry has to say about Cary’s new promotion in his own words – not just reiterated by a reporter. That was quite a fabulously dramatic ending in last week’s episode and I’m excited to see what happens next this Sunday.

To save space here, you can peek at the network’s full live-tweeting schedule courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter.

November 3, 2011 by

Rethink Breast Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Last year, non-profits employed social media to raise awareness by asking girls and women to update Facbook statuses and share where they like to leave their purse, which inevitably led to sexual innuendos, thanks to sentences such as “I like it on the floor.”

This year, rethink Breast Cancer has taken to YouTube to spread the message about the importance of check-ups and my, have they done an *ahem* charming and entertaining job at that.

October 29, 2011 by