Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Boston Marathon Terror Attacks
Usually I'm never one to blog. However, I felt it was necessary to talk about the recent events in Boston on Monday afternoon. Growing up in Massachusetts has always been a good time, with so much to do and so little time, my childhood was full of activities that I wish I could go back to everyday. One of my fondest memories was going into Boston to the Science Museum. Walking into the city was something I've never seen before, from the rural suburbs to the fast pace traffic and smell of bakeries all around, it was like switching from the desert to the Amazon Rain forest. It was a great time, and at that point I realized what true appreciation I had for a city rich in history and fun.
This past Monday made me realize that all those memories were behind me now, and the fact of the matter is, nothing is the same. Maybe it's because I'm older now,
but dam, a lot has left me now. Terrorist attacks were not even heard of when I was little (until 9/11) and the fact that their popping up everywhere in the U.S is something that really scares me. One thing I'll never understand with this world is; why so much hate?
Back in the 90's, no one wanted to nuke us, no one was making terror threats or hurt innocent civilians, and now we live in fear because we can't even run a marathon for the good of our city. Hopefully, whoever is responsible for these disgusting acts will be brought to justice and get exactly what they deserve. If and when this person is found, most of use might just roll our eyes and say, "Well that's a relief." But in my eyes, this is changing point for this country.
After 9/11 happened, it made me see that our way of living would shift forever, and now I wonder what is to come next. If family events are being attacked and gunman are shooting up schools, is it too wrong to question whether were at the end of humanity? Who knows, but one thing is for sure, peace and love are way behind us and to get it back, we must look forward to the proper solutions.
My heart goes out to everyone in Boston who was injured or lost a loved one, there is no reason for any of this to happen to any bystanders cheering for a family member. The key thing to remember is that going out in anger is not our way of doing things. However, we will fight back and let the world know that no one messes with the bull, because the horns are going to hurt worse than ever before.
This past Monday made me realize that all those memories were behind me now, and the fact of the matter is, nothing is the same. Maybe it's because I'm older now,
but dam, a lot has left me now. Terrorist attacks were not even heard of when I was little (until 9/11) and the fact that their popping up everywhere in the U.S is something that really scares me. One thing I'll never understand with this world is; why so much hate?
Back in the 90's, no one wanted to nuke us, no one was making terror threats or hurt innocent civilians, and now we live in fear because we can't even run a marathon for the good of our city. Hopefully, whoever is responsible for these disgusting acts will be brought to justice and get exactly what they deserve. If and when this person is found, most of use might just roll our eyes and say, "Well that's a relief." But in my eyes, this is changing point for this country.
After 9/11 happened, it made me see that our way of living would shift forever, and now I wonder what is to come next. If family events are being attacked and gunman are shooting up schools, is it too wrong to question whether were at the end of humanity? Who knows, but one thing is for sure, peace and love are way behind us and to get it back, we must look forward to the proper solutions.
My heart goes out to everyone in Boston who was injured or lost a loved one, there is no reason for any of this to happen to any bystanders cheering for a family member. The key thing to remember is that going out in anger is not our way of doing things. However, we will fight back and let the world know that no one messes with the bull, because the horns are going to hurt worse than ever before.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Megafile Questions
1. What New Hampshire hospital participated the Pink Glove Dance contest that
raised awareness of breast cancer? Speare Memorial Hospital.
4.What does Hootsuite do? Allows the user to manage all of their social media profiles including Twitter and Facebook. If the user posts a status, it will automatically post on both social media sites.
5.Who uses social media more, men or women? Women use more social media sites and dominate the online networking to date.
7. How many slides does this MEGA File contain? 1200 slides exactly!
8. What company sponsored the Will It Blend? video series?Blendtec is the name of the company that sponsors these videos.
9. Is Chris a social media expert? No not an expert, just a continuous learner in the field.
14. What comedian thinks ?everything is amazing? yet he?s not that thrilled
about Twitter? Louis CK was the comedian.
15. What does URL stand for? URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator and is a character string that constitutes a reference to an internet source.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Social Media affecting society
Social media is something that can either be used for good or bad. Connecting with loved ones, being able to talk to distant relatives or even finding a new friends have made Facebook and Twitter the new "go-to" applications. However, on the other end of it, there are people in the world that use social media for bad posts or derogretory comments. In fact, half of the users on Facebook and Twitter say they see up to at least 15 or more harmful comments towards someone when logged in.
A prime example of this occuring was the recent story of three men who were arrested for making threatning and dishonest comments between both Facebook and Twitter. One of the men made offensive comments about a dead child on Twitter, the second for posting on Facebook that all British soldiers should "go to hell." Finally, the last man had the audacity to post a picture of a burning paper poppy, a rememberance for war dead. In the end two were convicted and third one was jailed. In my opininon, I know that there's such a thing called freedom of speech and that people are entitled to it. However, there's a fine line that cannot be crossed and when you step over the line such as these three, you ought to be punished.
Being in the 21st century has shown us that there are alot of wierd people who like to make their presence known in a negative way. As time passes and the crackdown on people like this, hopefully the normality of socail media can return and none of us have to worry about seeing threatning or disturbing images every time you log onto these sites.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/online-rants-land-facebook-and-twitter-users-in-legal-trouble-20121116-29gf7.html
A prime example of this occuring was the recent story of three men who were arrested for making threatning and dishonest comments between both Facebook and Twitter. One of the men made offensive comments about a dead child on Twitter, the second for posting on Facebook that all British soldiers should "go to hell." Finally, the last man had the audacity to post a picture of a burning paper poppy, a rememberance for war dead. In the end two were convicted and third one was jailed. In my opininon, I know that there's such a thing called freedom of speech and that people are entitled to it. However, there's a fine line that cannot be crossed and when you step over the line such as these three, you ought to be punished.
Being in the 21st century has shown us that there are alot of wierd people who like to make their presence known in a negative way. As time passes and the crackdown on people like this, hopefully the normality of socail media can return and none of us have to worry about seeing threatning or disturbing images every time you log onto these sites.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/online-rants-land-facebook-and-twitter-users-in-legal-trouble-20121116-29gf7.html
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
White Paper Roulette
In the world of social media, it's often important to look at one thing, statistics. Between age, race, gender and household income, every factor going into this can tell us, the main users, who is really ruling the internet these days on social media sites. As I was reading my report, some things stood out to me that I would of never of guessed. For example, according to the report, it said that people between the ages of 55 and over are the dominant users on the internet today. For me, I found this hard to believe, only because I know that I use the internet more than ten times a day and imagining someone as old as my dad work the keyboard is a little strange to me.
Another statistic that stuck out to me the most was on the last page, and it stated that Australia is the number one country using social media. In fact, as if that were not surprising enough, the U.S was ranked #9! To me this is very surprising, only because I figured we were known as a very technological country and very advanced at how we operate with it. However, something that I found to be not surprising had to deal with gender.
Although I am always on my computer using Facebook or Twitter, the report stated the females use more time on the internet than males. This was not surprising at all because growing up with two sisters and one computer made me appreciate my laptop very much. Women have more use with the internet because of online shopping, uploading pictures of their best friends and searching videos of the newest Justin Bieber song. As a guy, I know that using Youtube and Twitter are all I need, which made me believe this report is telling the truth.
Overall, this was a great report that gave me multiple statistics on social media and made me realize that the U.S is not a top place for the internet and that we might have to step up our game if we want to be at the top. However, I believe in the next century, this country will be at the top.
Another statistic that stuck out to me the most was on the last page, and it stated that Australia is the number one country using social media. In fact, as if that were not surprising enough, the U.S was ranked #9! To me this is very surprising, only because I figured we were known as a very technological country and very advanced at how we operate with it. However, something that I found to be not surprising had to deal with gender.
Although I am always on my computer using Facebook or Twitter, the report stated the females use more time on the internet than males. This was not surprising at all because growing up with two sisters and one computer made me appreciate my laptop very much. Women have more use with the internet because of online shopping, uploading pictures of their best friends and searching videos of the newest Justin Bieber song. As a guy, I know that using Youtube and Twitter are all I need, which made me believe this report is telling the truth.
Overall, this was a great report that gave me multiple statistics on social media and made me realize that the U.S is not a top place for the internet and that we might have to step up our game if we want to be at the top. However, I believe in the next century, this country will be at the top.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Corporate Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYW49bsiP4k
Probably one of the best corporate videos I found on the internet had to be this one. Kodak did a great job in getting the audience's attention right away. This was very effective because the speaker started off with a generous, sort of flashback of memories type of scenario, and then decided to break out into a comedy rant. This was very funny because no one would of expected it, and it was actually making sense on how we as the people thought Kodak gave up on moving forward with technology. Defiantly a top 10 video without question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkl2iu6GK0I
Aviat Networks also had a good approach to their video. Their main point was to make their audience understand that in today's world, the demand for technology is rising and how much it has currently come along. At the end, they describe their new brand they are using, as well as values that come with it. Overall, it was a very effective video that would help sell their product in the long run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfz_uRoJGjE&feature=related
SoftKinetic had one of the coolest commercials. The main point of producing it, in my opinion, was for the soul purpose of showing off their new technology. Examples included, video chat from your 3d TV, as well playing games and using interactive voice to turn on/off the devices. Overall, I believe this was a very effective video for the main reason of marketing future products that people will buy. With technology on the rise every year, people want the next best thing, and SoftKinetic did not disappoint.
Probably one of the best corporate videos I found on the internet had to be this one. Kodak did a great job in getting the audience's attention right away. This was very effective because the speaker started off with a generous, sort of flashback of memories type of scenario, and then decided to break out into a comedy rant. This was very funny because no one would of expected it, and it was actually making sense on how we as the people thought Kodak gave up on moving forward with technology. Defiantly a top 10 video without question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkl2iu6GK0I
Aviat Networks also had a good approach to their video. Their main point was to make their audience understand that in today's world, the demand for technology is rising and how much it has currently come along. At the end, they describe their new brand they are using, as well as values that come with it. Overall, it was a very effective video that would help sell their product in the long run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfz_uRoJGjE&feature=related
SoftKinetic had one of the coolest commercials. The main point of producing it, in my opinion, was for the soul purpose of showing off their new technology. Examples included, video chat from your 3d TV, as well playing games and using interactive voice to turn on/off the devices. Overall, I believe this was a very effective video for the main reason of marketing future products that people will buy. With technology on the rise every year, people want the next best thing, and SoftKinetic did not disappoint.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
NH Based Business Pages
http://www.facebook.com/NHDTZ
NH Driving Toward Zero Program is a very interesting non-profit company that specializes in marketing ways to prevent deaths from automobile accidents in NH. Something that stuck out to me on their page was the way they promote themselves. For example, they encourage people who have formerly been in accidents to share their stories and let them share them for everyone else to see. In my opinion, this is a bold move on their part because people often want to forget about the bad parts of their past, but if can prevent another loss of life, why not? Finally, a good marketing strategy they use is by setting up at local events to spread the word of good driving and to always be careful. These usually take place at festivals such as Chilli Festivals or other promotional areas.
http://www.facebook.com/runnersalleynh
Runner's Alley New Hampshire is a unique kind of business. Having three shops in the local New Hampshire area, this retail store of shoe's promotes there products in a variety of ways. For example, they have uploaded a YouTube video showing their shoes in action, from running to hiking, it averaged in over 200 likes. Close to 2000 likes on their Facebook is big step forward for a basic sized company. One thing I did like a lot was the fact that their all about community and making sure they can help out in any way. The only thing I would change is to try and make the stores more known in all locations so that the likes may go from 2000 to 5000!
http://www.facebook.com/ACSNewHampshire
American Cancer Society in New Hampshire is a vital organization that helps millions in the state find relief from their cancer by participating in walks, marathons and charity events. Being able to raise money is the big ticket item to this organization, and after looking at their page, they have succeeded. For example, in one marathon they raised over $600,000! This years goal for them is to try and raise more than that. Also, it was mentioned in a post and picture, that they attended Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Ma and received a check for $50,000 from Robert Kraft. In my opinion, this is a great way to market their organization and to get more people on board. Finally, one thing I believe they could do to further get their name out there past 100 likes would be to mention their page name at events and at colleges who sponsor the events. Overall fighting for cancer is a wonderful thing and every effort counts towards success.
NH Driving Toward Zero Program is a very interesting non-profit company that specializes in marketing ways to prevent deaths from automobile accidents in NH. Something that stuck out to me on their page was the way they promote themselves. For example, they encourage people who have formerly been in accidents to share their stories and let them share them for everyone else to see. In my opinion, this is a bold move on their part because people often want to forget about the bad parts of their past, but if can prevent another loss of life, why not? Finally, a good marketing strategy they use is by setting up at local events to spread the word of good driving and to always be careful. These usually take place at festivals such as Chilli Festivals or other promotional areas.
http://www.facebook.com/runnersalleynh
Runner's Alley New Hampshire is a unique kind of business. Having three shops in the local New Hampshire area, this retail store of shoe's promotes there products in a variety of ways. For example, they have uploaded a YouTube video showing their shoes in action, from running to hiking, it averaged in over 200 likes. Close to 2000 likes on their Facebook is big step forward for a basic sized company. One thing I did like a lot was the fact that their all about community and making sure they can help out in any way. The only thing I would change is to try and make the stores more known in all locations so that the likes may go from 2000 to 5000!
http://www.facebook.com/ACSNewHampshire
American Cancer Society in New Hampshire is a vital organization that helps millions in the state find relief from their cancer by participating in walks, marathons and charity events. Being able to raise money is the big ticket item to this organization, and after looking at their page, they have succeeded. For example, in one marathon they raised over $600,000! This years goal for them is to try and raise more than that. Also, it was mentioned in a post and picture, that they attended Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Ma and received a check for $50,000 from Robert Kraft. In my opinion, this is a great way to market their organization and to get more people on board. Finally, one thing I believe they could do to further get their name out there past 100 likes would be to mention their page name at events and at colleges who sponsor the events. Overall fighting for cancer is a wonderful thing and every effort counts towards success.
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