Tag: Facebook
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The Way Family Podcast
I had the opportunity to be a guest on the Way Family Podcast. It comes out June 20, 2016 and you can find it here. We talked about #identityformation and the impact that #socialmedia can have on identity. We also briefly talked about extended adolescence and the way that #millenials…
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Reclaim the Mystery
I heard someone say this. The context of the conversation was how we live such public lives. We do live our lives on Facebook and Twitter. We spend times posting everything. We share what sandwich we eat. We share how we are feeling when we are standing in line when…
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Derive Meaning From All the Tracks of Life
I heard this line today. They were talking about social media and all of the check-ins and status updates that we post. They were talking about being able to go back in time and check out tweets and check-ins from all of these different tracks and trying to derive meaning…
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Social Flying
Have you ever heard about this? Typically when you fly, you don’t talk to the person you’re sitting with. I mean, you might, but for the most part, you just stay to yourself. When I flew to Turkey a few months back, it was a 14 hour flight. I got…
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Purge Friends
I heard someone say that today. Think about that concept. Let me break it down for you. purge (pûrj) v. purged, purg·ing, purg·es v.tr. 1. a. To free from impurities; purify. friend (frnd) n. 1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. 2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance. 3. A person with whom one…
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Facebook Fatigue
Are you tired of Facebook? It’s been around since 2004. They opened it up to other schools. I remember when I signed up for it, I had to add all the information about our college – dorm names, majors. I wasn’t just signing up for myself, but for the institution.…
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Friends that You Don’t Know
I have tons of friends, but I realize that I have tons of friends that I don’t know. You know what I mean? Friends that I’ve met online and have never met or seen in the flesh. I follow their blog. I follow their tweets. I don’t even remember how…
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My Klout Influential Topics
I never check my Klout scores. It only means something to Klout people. I recently checked and happened to see my most influential topics. Since I only connect with Twitter and not Facebook, these are topics from just tweets. I’ll list them with a comment or two, and I don’t…
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What My Sandwich Tweet Means
Have you ever heard anyone complain about the seemingly mindless posting about what one eats or what one is doing? Explicitly, it might seem innocuous and boring to share about sandwiches and the beverage choice of the moment. Implicitly, it could mean so many things. – I need attention. –…
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The Thing that I Love About My Blog
…..is what I learn about you who read it. Whenever I check the sites stats, it shows the search terms that people used to find my blog, and it also shows the sites that they might have come from. Here are some of my observations. 1. People are struggling with…
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Why You Keep Checking Twitter and Facebook
You keep checking becauase that means that someone needed you. You keep checking because we all need to be needed. It’s so much easier to communciate it with social media. When the phone goes off, we have to check to see what people need of us – becaus we need…
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