Tweet Tweet

April 29, 2010 at 2:15 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

I have actually been on twitter for quite some time. I joined the twitter revolution about a year ago, so I could browse celebrity tweets and make snarky comments from the anonymity of my computer. I soon realized that twitter was actually smarter than me. For example, if I selected to follow “green clothing” one day, Twitter show that I am an earth-friendly/eco conscious person to any/all other earth friendly manufacturers therefore allowing them to follow me and promote their business.

I probably stopped using twitter about six months ago because it can be kind of exhausting. The thing with Twitter is to be relevant you can’t just tweet once a day. Your tweet would go virtually unnoticed if you do. You have to continually tweet because if someone is following you plus 300 other people your one tweet would just keep getting pushed further back on their screen and they would have to search you if they wanted to see you lousy one tweet a day.

I think that for businesses Twitter can be a handy tool to announce sales/discounts/product launches/events. However, if a business is going to Twitter it must commit to it for Twitter to be a successful media for them. A person needs to be tweeting throughout the day as well as searching out other people to follow thereby increasing their online presence. They need to posting status updates by the hour!

So tweet to your hearts content because the more you tweet the more twitter relevant you will become!

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Smartphone kind of scare me

April 21, 2010 at 8:23 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Am I or aren’t I part of the cell phone generation? I think no, my seven year younger brother however is for sure. Here me about why: I received a Zack Morris style cell phone at the age of 16 with approximately 50 minutes a month on it and was to be used strictly for emergencies or as a tracking device for my parents. My younger brother however has had a cell phone since age 12 and it was a smart phone at that. I think I am just before the cell phone generation and therefore perhaps destined to always be a little behind the curve.

I got my first smart phone about four months ago. I decided that I needed one just so I could stay up to date with my emails though out the day because I am rarely home. However, I am second guessing that decision bc it means that people can get ahold of me ALL THE TIME… it is almost like you can never leave work at work because work is on your phone and therefore always with you. In fact, I had a student this semester inform me of their disappointment in the fact that it took me 12 hours to respond to  an email bc they knew I had an Iphone and therefore saw the email right away…. SERIOUSLY???

Don’t get me wrong what this thing can do is incredible.. but it is also kind of scary.. from apps that can control things in your house, to buy your groceries it is almost like people can be less responsible for their lives bc their smart phone will handle it. It becomes a miniature personal assistant. I am interested to see what they will make this thing do next!

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