Browsing the archives for the internet culture tag
I don’t have a TV. Okay, technically my brother took my TV years ago with my permission and gave it back; now it’s just sitting in my room, unplugged. This is perfectly fine by me, since the only thing I watch that isn’t findable online is the national spelling bee finals in the late spring. [...]
Technology is a huge part of our lives. From email to IM to Twitter to Facebook, we use these tools and the gadgets connected with them to communicate with others, keep in touch, and yes, even waste time. I email, though rarely. I chat with most of my friends with Pidgin. I keep up with [...]
Google has jumped into the social media realm and introduced Google Buzz, its venture into social media. We’ll ignore the fact that Yahoo sneakily launched a product by the same name some time ago that got almost no attention at all and see what Buzz is about.
If you’ve activated Buzz, you’ll see a Buzz link [...]
There’s a rumor going around saying that the Internet has been shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, the Internet. Not a particular online community or user, but the entire Internet. That’s like saying you’re Time’s Person of the Year, except you actually were Time’s Person of the Year in 2007.
The Internet probably won’t get [...]
Focus has released an infographic on the State of the Internet. Most of the data isn’t surprising, such as:
* more affluent people are more likely to have broadband access
* Japan has the fastest average broadband speed
* the 65+ age group is least likely to use the Internet
The surprising part for me is that only 7% [...]
As mentioned a few days ago, I found the RSS feeds for my Facebook friends and subscribed to them in Google Reader. Since I want to keep in touch with my Facebook friends outside of Facebook, I posted a status announcing the RSS move and asking about their Internet homes.
The only people who responded were [...]
Most of us are guilty of Googling ourselves. I know I am, mostly because both my main username and my real name are unique according to Google, so knowing what Google says about me is somewhat important. The real name is something I need to work on because according to Google I still attend church [...]
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not a huge fan of Facebook. The news feed is clunky, the privacy features that were once very customizable are now less so, and everyone and their mother is playing games like Farmville and Mafia Wars, and their shenanigans on these games fill up precious space on my [...]
I’ve written about trending topics on Twitter before. I’ve even made fun of aforementioned trending topics. Today the grammarians may have made a comeback.
Maybe.
Then The Oatmeal posted a comic called Ten Words You Need To Stop Misspelling. I cheered–even more so when “Stop Misspelling” (spelled correctly!) began to trend in the afternoon.
This makes me wonder: [...]
Some days I wonder about the caliber of people in the world. Most days I do, actually. But when #youknowyourfat became a popular topic on Twitter this afternoon (or a trending topic, as those who are Twitter-hip call those popular topics), I groaned. Really, Twitter populace? Did the person who started this topic even think [...]