I’m a believer that the quality and quantity of the trailers shown before a film can adversely or positively affect the moviegoing experience, no matter how good the movie itself is.
So suffice it to say, on Saturday, when I saw the awesome Inception, having the new trailer for The Social Network (i.e., the Facebook movie) playing before the film made the experience even better. Continue reading
It’s no secret that I love Facebook.
I enjoy reconnecting with old friends, getting to know new ones even better, keeping up-to-date-with people I know (even if we’re not actually “in touch”), sharing interesting items and news stories, and most fun of all, coming up with amusing status updates — even if many of them are just song lyrics.
Facebook has become nothing short of an addiction for me; it’s a routine, a site I check often throughout the day, and one I genuinely love visiting and spending time on.
Facebook’s a community site, and while it’s not perfect, I tend to find value in being a part of it every day.
And, it’s a site I feel I’ve become “good” at using.
On the other hand, I’ve never quite understood Twitter. Continue reading
… it would probably be a lot like this video by a British comedy group called Idiots of Ants.
What’s with, like, all my friends and lots of other folks all of a sudden joining Facebook and LinkedIn? Not a day goes by lately where I’m not getting an e-mail from one of these sites asking if I’m actually someone’s friend or if I wish to be connected to someone. I don’t mind being in the networks — it takes just two seconds to say yes — but really, does anyone actually use these sites for something worthwhile? The only time I ever do anything with them is when I get one of these e-mails that I’ve been poked or someone’s posted something on my “wall” or taken a quiz or answered some random question that has been automatically selected for me or whatever. I joined LinkedIn, but I don’t know that I’ve done anything on the site since that initial sign-in (other than hitting Accept). Facebook I don’t do anything on unless someone does something to me. I’ve got much more interesting things to do than keep checking that site to see what everyone’s up to. Some friends of mine swear by it and say they love it. Really? I mean, seriously. I guess I just don’t see the big deal.
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