Don’t get lost on LOST

The sixth and final season of LOST premiered this Tuesday and with it comes some very important questions that hopefully by the course of this season, will finally be answered. Fans known simply as Losties are probably deciphering at this very moment some of the common questions that linger: what is the Island and its purpose? What [...]

A Social Eye on Celebrity

We can’t help but be fascinated by celebrities. Through the saturation of television, magazines, blogs, what our friends spew out and who knows electronic messages implanted within our brains, we’ve come to love our elite from the Hollywood A class to the obscure D pool who are featured on YouTube. The fascination remains a mystery [...]

In a Tweet of Rage

In the great traditional of American letters there are many stories about author’s reactions to negative book reviews. Novelist such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald were notorious for being thin skinned when it came to criticism of their work. Each had their own way of responding to bad press, as every writer does. Fitzgerald usually became [...]

What to do When a Twisasters Strikes

If you remember your disaster movie rules you’ll know that the worst thing to do is to inform the public that there’s an oncoming disaster. Why?
We’ll incite mass hysteria.
I’ve always been mildly offended by that idea. After all, I’m a logical, rational, smart human being who should know if a giant asteroid is plummeting to [...]

What’s on Your Mind?

I must confess. I love writing status updates. I’m absolutely addicted in telling everyone I know what’s going on in my day. I’m so addicted I probably would even write a status update that would say “I love writing status updates.” Sure the character limits [...]

Why Ashton’s Race to 1 Million Twitter Followers Didn’t Hurt You

I often am amused by people’s reactions to things online. Obviously passions run deep on the internet and very often you can strike a nerve.
So it came as no surprise to me that Ashton Kutcher’s self-imposed race with CNN to 1 Million followers on Twitter struck a sour note with a lot of people.
A couple [...]

Social Media Means Companies Need to Up Their Response Times

It’s no surprise to anyone that social media can spread virus messages out there. More often then not the kinds of social media virus messages are not the ones companies want out there.
Case in point. On April 8th, 2009, Fox Broadcasting sent out a press release with the final episodes of their television series (as [...]

I Will Follow You (Twitter)

So you’ve done it. You’ve finally joined Twitter. After all the waiting and the seemingly constant wave of begging from your friends to try it, you’ve finally budged and signed up. Who knows, maybe that really popular 7 foot basketball player persuaded you to join. I know that was [...]

Nadia’s Pick for Best Celebrity Twitter User: MC Hammer

It’s Hammer Time at least once a day if you follow celebrity twitterer MC Hammer. Most popular during the late 1980s MC Hammer was known for his dramatic rise and fall from fame and fortune. He became a preacher in the late 1990 and also works as a co-founder of a dance website, television show [...]

Tabz’ Pick for Best Celeb Twitter User: Felicia Day

If you’ve been around the internet for the past year or so, you probably have run into the red-headed phenomenon that is Felicia Day. As a TV, movie, internet webseries star Felicia can do it all. From kicking vampire butt on season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to singing her heart out on [...]

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