Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Blog Free Writing

I thought that blogging is a great way to express your personal feelings.  The movie Julie and Julia was a great movie that i thought portrayed blogging in the most positive way.  Julie was doing what she liked to do which was blog and she was also cooking which was another thing that she really enjoyed doing.  So when she put that into a blog it was the perfect combination.  I also thought that the movie was great because they showed Julias journey to publishing her cook book.  From her just getting into cooking, helping edit her friends cook book, and making it her own and getting it published.  It was a good story that was perfect for being in a movie. Julie and Julia was a movie that taught me about blogs since i was not very well educated about what blogs were before the movie.  It showed me the positives that can come out of a blog and the negatives if you are not careful what you post on your blog.  In my opinion blogs are a good thing as long as you know how to use it correctly and dont put to much personal information out onto the blog. 

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Social Media Free Writing

I thought that this video was crazy and it had so much information that was mind boggling.  One of the things that was very crazy to me was how much faster people were using facebook than, tv, radio etc.  I just was amazed that this social media is so much bigger than anything that has been done in the recent history of the world. Then the quote that seemed very interesting was the one that said we do not look for advertisment, advertisment will find us.  Then it came up with the stats on how many advertisments were on facebook on a daily basis.  Then i also thought that it was pretty crazy how 93% of people interviewed had said that they had watched a short clip on there phone in the past month.  So 9 out of 10 people have seen a video on there phone which just proves to me how big this social media movement is.  Its not just a small little thing that few people know about.  It is a world wide phenomena that is sweeping the entire world.  It doesnt seem like it will be long untill everyone will be using social media yound and old alike.  Overall i thought that this whole video was interesting and that it was so educational to me.  It just shows how much of the social media is taking over our everyday lives in america and throughout the world.