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I'm still learning about SEO but I'm really interested in its effect on website content. Planning keywords into content, especially on news articles, can be dangerous to the art of writing.

Looking at how a politician turns to reddit to see legislative advice. Showing how technology/social media is being used to engage the public on political issues- even the future of their governance. 

I like it already, read about this on reddit (of all places), very interesting!

Reading about this has given me a new respect for LinkedIn. It seems like it's the new Facebook (in terms of being a media darling). It also made me think about being a "prosumer" and how LinkedIn creates a win-win situation for both recruiters and users.

Another way that Facebook seems to be limiting privacy options. While they bring up a few valid points about how much the site has grown recently and the barrage of comments from users not really familiar with the issues, it is still pretty concerning to have even less control than we already do on this site

This is related to an article from the CBC that I posted a few days ago about Facebook's new privacy policy. The article discusses the fake message from Facebook that has gone viral related to Facebook's new privacy policy.

This article introduces the news that the Pope now has Twitter. His first tweet will be on Dec. 12th. This article provides an interesting analysis on the latest adoption of this social media platform, and the reasoning behind the chosen Twitter handle.

Interesting study which claims that people suffer from Email apnea, where they hold their breath while reading emails. Just another example of new illnesses forming from out technology addiction

I figured this would interest most people in our class. "As Election Day nears, Twitter's new "Political Engagement Map" lets users see where people are most interested about specific issues -- at least as measured by tweeting patterns."

Building off of Yates article...Union Square Ventures recently posted an opening for an investment analyst. Instead of asking for résumés, the New York venture-capital firm asked applicants to send links representing their "Web presence," such as a Twitter account or Tumblr blog. Something to think about when applying for internships and jobs in the future!

I agree with you Rya. While I appreciate such innovation, it's difficult for me to comprehend the privacy issues related with such a thing. Doesn't LinkedIn suffice anymore?

I agree with both of your comments Rya and Raman. There really does seem to be a privacy issue here. I suppose with all the recent competition for work, employers are looking for ways to distinguish candidates (doesn't seem fair). Although we started off building our "online presence" for personal reasons, there appears to be a need to build a public professional presence as well. Perhaps the trick is to keep your personal account private to maintain our sense of privacy and start building an online professional profile that is public. Blogging about a professionally related topic, linking field-specific articles etc. might be the way to get noticed.

Is it the technology or the application of the technology? Has anyone seen a good use for QR codes?

"Within an hour that tweet was being discussed, as the most popular tweet of all time, garnering more than 300, 000 retweets" 

Interesting little article offering interpretation about twitter patterns during "Superstorm" Sandy. I noticed similar patterns following the event. Even though the storm really seemed to be hitting Delaware more directly, most of the information on social media was coming from Manhattan.

An article by the CEO of Hootsuite about how email kills productivity. namely, he argues it is linear and not social. Interesting read in light of our discussions on synchronous and asynchronous communications

This is a fun collection of visual designs on the topic of environmentalism.

Based on today's Mashup, an article on big data privacy invasion as a business model for companies. Our data is moving more and more out of our control.

Definitely an interesting new way of using Twitter: to storytell. "The first Twitter Fiction Festival, a five-day event starting November 28 that will showcase "creative experiments in storytelling from authors around the world." Twitter to announce the authors on November 19.

One of my favourite websites for everything that has to do with advertising, photography, and video...Stumble helps you easily discover new and interesting stuff on the Web. Tell them what you like, and they'll introduce you to amazing web pages, videos, photos and more that you wouldn't have found on your own.

Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials - the American teens and twenty-somethings currently making the passage into adulthood - have begun to forge theirs: confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and receptive to new ideas and ways of living

Potentially use of tablets to make TV interactive.

Interview with Gareth Kay, Chief Strategy Officer at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners as part of "The Brand New Series" operated by Think with Google. Interesting comments on struggle of meaningful corporate communication with digital media from a industry insider. The Think with Google is certainly worth poking around on for a few minutes