Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Twitter and the Uses
Twitter, is a social networking site that allows users to share information via aggregating news feed and e-mail updates. It can be a very useful tool utilized correctly. However, used incorrectly it can be aggravating mess. For example, if someone is constantly updating useless information, it can be so bothersome that a user may quit following you. By following, I mean that a user will choose not to view your post anymore. We now will view some of these uses that Barb Dybwad discusses in her article, “TWEET IDEAS: 13 Things to Do on Twitter Besides Tweet.”
There are many tasks that can be completed inside the twitter application, varying from porting files, finding a job, playing games, making online payments, screen casting, exchanging business as well as seeing what twitter looks like on from another users eyes. However, I’m only going to discuss, file sharing, sending money and screen casting.
File sharing is my favorite tool on Twitter. I like it because you can send documents of almost any file extension directly to someone. This could be very useful for sending funny picture files or small program snippets of code, like rtf files to a fellow programmer because he could then just look over at it instead of having to open his e-mail up and then download, less steps to do.
Sending money is a nice feature, if you’re just trying to waste money. The Twitter site links their money service through PayPal, with an inflated charge. Twitter charges their users an extra percent to send money through Paypal.com in juxtaposition as to what you would be charged if the user just went to the Paypal website directly, (cutting out the twenty-ninth man). However, the trick to technology is using it and mainly knowing it. And if the user doesn’t know about it then it costs them to learn and more power to Twitter for making money off them, “the corporate way.”
On a more positive note, I really liked the screen-casting feature. I deem it to be very useful. Especially for celebrities that have Twitter accounts. Even though it will be a staged event when these celebrities post a screen cast, it will still ultimately help them better connect with their fans, which is the overall goal.
In conclusion, Twitter has made great new advancements to their service. I think that most them will be beneficial for their users. I honestly believe that if Twitter continues trying these new advancements and features of their technology, they will still be around in the future.
Dybwad, Barb. "TWEET IDEAS: 13 Things to Do on Twitter Besides Tweet." Social Media News and Web Tips – Mashable – The Social Media Guide. 21 Aug. 2009
There are many tasks that can be completed inside the twitter application, varying from porting files, finding a job, playing games, making online payments, screen casting, exchanging business as well as seeing what twitter looks like on from another users eyes. However, I’m only going to discuss, file sharing, sending money and screen casting.
File sharing is my favorite tool on Twitter. I like it because you can send documents of almost any file extension directly to someone. This could be very useful for sending funny picture files or small program snippets of code, like rtf files to a fellow programmer because he could then just look over at it instead of having to open his e-mail up and then download, less steps to do.
Sending money is a nice feature, if you’re just trying to waste money. The Twitter site links their money service through PayPal, with an inflated charge. Twitter charges their users an extra percent to send money through Paypal.com in juxtaposition as to what you would be charged if the user just went to the Paypal website directly, (cutting out the twenty-ninth man). However, the trick to technology is using it and mainly knowing it. And if the user doesn’t know about it then it costs them to learn and more power to Twitter for making money off them, “the corporate way.”
On a more positive note, I really liked the screen-casting feature. I deem it to be very useful. Especially for celebrities that have Twitter accounts. Even though it will be a staged event when these celebrities post a screen cast, it will still ultimately help them better connect with their fans, which is the overall goal.
In conclusion, Twitter has made great new advancements to their service. I think that most them will be beneficial for their users. I honestly believe that if Twitter continues trying these new advancements and features of their technology, they will still be around in the future.
Dybwad, Barb. "TWEET IDEAS: 13 Things to Do on Twitter Besides Tweet." Social Media News and Web Tips – Mashable – The Social Media Guide. 21 Aug. 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Advertising on the Internet
The article “Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet,” by Eric Clemons takes a look into how Internet advertising techniques work and why. Clemons list three main reasons that Internet advertising fails, which are: “Consumers do not trust advertising; Consumers do not want to view advertising, and finally, consumers do not need advertising.” I completely agree with all these reasons. It is very aggravating to me when I want to look up a video and I can’t watch it until I watch the thirty-second advertising video in front of it.
Clemons argues that we do need advertising because we as consumers receive advertising everyday, from people we trust. For example, word of mouth from friends, especially status updates on Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. I also think that Internet consumers get a lot of advertising just from using these services. On every one of these web 2.0 applications there are advertisements in vertical column stretching from the top of the screen to the bottom. Now, inside of certain Facebook game servers there are pop up advertisements.
Clemons later offers three alternatives to forced advertising on the Internet; they are, “selling content and information, Selling experience and participation in a virtual community, and finally Selling accessories for virtual communities.” Such as offering basic services for free and charging a fee to use the advanced features, like Flickr. Another way internet companies enjoy profit are be selling accessories for online games and sometimes charging to play the game. For example, World of Warcraft, they give all intent users the opportunity for a free two week trial, but after that two weeks they begin to charge you. They also want to sell you upgrades and different outfits for your character. All in all this was a grat article I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Clemmons, Eric. " Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet ." TechCrunch . 15 Oct. 2009
Clemons argues that we do need advertising because we as consumers receive advertising everyday, from people we trust. For example, word of mouth from friends, especially status updates on Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. I also think that Internet consumers get a lot of advertising just from using these services. On every one of these web 2.0 applications there are advertisements in vertical column stretching from the top of the screen to the bottom. Now, inside of certain Facebook game servers there are pop up advertisements.
Clemons later offers three alternatives to forced advertising on the Internet; they are, “selling content and information, Selling experience and participation in a virtual community, and finally Selling accessories for virtual communities.” Such as offering basic services for free and charging a fee to use the advanced features, like Flickr. Another way internet companies enjoy profit are be selling accessories for online games and sometimes charging to play the game. For example, World of Warcraft, they give all intent users the opportunity for a free two week trial, but after that two weeks they begin to charge you. They also want to sell you upgrades and different outfits for your character. All in all this was a grat article I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Clemmons, Eric. " Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet ." TechCrunch . 15 Oct. 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Baby Boomers
Baby Boomers
I could not agree more with the article, “Social Networking Demographics: Boomers Jump In, Gen Y Plateaus" by Steve Rubel. The article reminds me of my mother always asking me questions about developing technologies, such as iPods and Mac books. It’s frustrating to me because I can never explain anything simple enough for her to understand, and I always try to explain it differently but she just doesn’t get it and I end up just doing it for her.
I honestly see the connection between baby boomers using these technologies as opposed to generation y not. The main reasons being that the technology is stable, in other words, once you learn how use twitter, you know it and once you know something you can become comfortable with you. Generation y is more interested in evolving technologies like facebook.com and halflife.com.
Halflife.com is a gaming community if you will. It’s community of people, (of all ages), who enjoy to play games and chat with people who also enjoy the same thing. The cool and interesting thing about gaming communes is that you will often encounter many well developed computer technicians in them. For example, many of the people that I know are computer science majors and that’s where they usually spend their time, in gaming communes.
The main thing I’ve encountered with the baby boomer generation is people’s parents using facebook. The primary complaint is always the same; people’s parents are trying to befriend them. The reason that people don’t want their parents want as friends is because they don’t want them knowing their personal business. This is a very understandable concept because I don’t want my parents knowing what I talk to my friends about. I think that I even heard Dr. Atkins talk about their grandmother trying to befriend them on his social net work.
In conclusion the baby boomer generation will always grasp on what they can just like I will when I get to old to fully comprehend what’s going on in the world around them.
I could not agree more with the article, “Social Networking Demographics: Boomers Jump In, Gen Y Plateaus" by Steve Rubel. The article reminds me of my mother always asking me questions about developing technologies, such as iPods and Mac books. It’s frustrating to me because I can never explain anything simple enough for her to understand, and I always try to explain it differently but she just doesn’t get it and I end up just doing it for her.
I honestly see the connection between baby boomers using these technologies as opposed to generation y not. The main reasons being that the technology is stable, in other words, once you learn how use twitter, you know it and once you know something you can become comfortable with you. Generation y is more interested in evolving technologies like facebook.com and halflife.com.
Halflife.com is a gaming community if you will. It’s community of people, (of all ages), who enjoy to play games and chat with people who also enjoy the same thing. The cool and interesting thing about gaming communes is that you will often encounter many well developed computer technicians in them. For example, many of the people that I know are computer science majors and that’s where they usually spend their time, in gaming communes.
The main thing I’ve encountered with the baby boomer generation is people’s parents using facebook. The primary complaint is always the same; people’s parents are trying to befriend them. The reason that people don’t want their parents want as friends is because they don’t want them knowing their personal business. This is a very understandable concept because I don’t want my parents knowing what I talk to my friends about. I think that I even heard Dr. Atkins talk about their grandmother trying to befriend them on his social net work.
In conclusion the baby boomer generation will always grasp on what they can just like I will when I get to old to fully comprehend what’s going on in the world around them.
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