Animal Mother Films is producing a series of short films about the social and cultural landscape of Vancouver in light of the 2010 Winter Olympics called "With Glowing Hearts."In a new segment released on Jan 30th,...
created by uncleweed | 1 wk ago | updated 5 days ago 115 views | 20 recommendations | 0 comments
As the Olympic torch nears closer and closer to Whistler, BC, a region prepares for the 2010 Winter Games. A nation is abuzz with anticipation and wonderment of this historical event with extremely mixed...
I started writing a story today inspired by news about how difficult it has become to travel under heightened security.
"“Airline security levels were heightened as a result of a failed terrorist plot onboard...
So what if @aplusk has well over four million Twitter followers, with @britneyspears and @TheEllenShow closing in? That doesn’t mean us regular folk, with 74 followers, have to hang our heads in social media shame. Having millions of Nigerian scam emails cluttering our...
opinion by Sondra Lowell | 7 wks ago | updated 1 wk ago 222 views | 3 recommendations | 3 comments
A Florida mother who tweeted about her 2 year old son drowning, and then tweeted again when he had died, has sparked a debate about Twitter and the age of social media. For a scathing condemnation of the tweeting mom by a blogger link here. For the...
Google has announced its own URL-shortening service called goo.gl, which will be deployed through Google Toolbar. Also, Facebook announced fb.me, a url-shortener to be used with the Facebook Mobile platform, as...
created by Jordan Yerman | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 82 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Osama and Obama Caught on Tape in a Flood of Idea Sharing Resulting in Economic Uncertainty
According to a Columbia University study titled “What Kind of News do People Really Want?” published sometime in...
For one year 18 year old Regine Hansen Stokke in Norway blogged about her fight against cancer. Thousands of people followed her blog up to the day of her death. A longer version of this story can be found in...
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I began experimenting with social media a couple of years ago. It started by simply commenting on various news media stories such as CNN and MSNBC. I took commenting seriously because I respected the sources and...
As of yesterday, 286 Facebook groups have been hijacked by a team called Control Your Info. The group's aim is to point out the administrative flaws associated with Facebook groups, or supposed lack thereof....
created by amyellensoden | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 113 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
If you don’t understand why the Real Time Web is huge, you will soon. Thanks to micro-blogging sites like Twitter, a constant stream of human-posted content has infiltrated the Web. This growing infiltration has created a bottoms up approach to content creation that...
created by benbehrouzi | 14 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 49 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Few things have changed faster than the way we communicate. Coupled with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or green movement, there has been an explosion of information available about how and what companies and organizations are doing to improve society and the...
opinion by 3BLMedia | 14 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 35 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
With the downturn in the economy, numerous people are talking about starting a new business or company. Whether it’s a technology startup or new restaurant idea, I’ve heard of more and more people meeting to brainstorm and working to bring their ideas to fruition.Whether...
I'm not talking about Twittering your followers while your laying out on the beach, teasing about how fabulous the weather is, or how warm the water is, or even how the scent of suntanning lotion is filling the air. Your followers will probably feel a little jealousy, but...
created by PregnancyCorner | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 77 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment
Burberry, the chav staple, is going into the trenches of social media embarking on a new social networking venture called Art of the Trench. The century old brand is getting with the times and unveiling...