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Why Should College Students Care About Twitter?

by Jon Bishop on September 17, 2009

in Gen-Y, Twitter

Should College Students Use Twitter?

Facebook seems to be the king of social media for college students. One could easily argue that the demographics of the service support this. So why should they also care about Twitter?

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Where’s The Line Between Opinion and Judgment?

by Jon Bishop on September 10, 2009

in Rant

Opinion vs Judgment

We tread the line between opinion and judgment a lot in social media. Some are quick to call out others as being “too judgmental” when their own beliefs or opinions are being challenged. There’s no point in getting all bent out of shape over something as seemingly mundane as text on a screen, especially when [...]

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Facebook Privacy And The Work/Life Balance

by Jon Bishop on September 1, 2009

in Gen-Y, Rant

Facebook Privacy And The Work Life Balance

One of my posts about Facebook privacy was featured on Brazen Careerist and I think it brought forth some interesting discussion. There are those among us who believe my generation is a little out of hand with their Facebook usage. That our party pics and crazy wall post antics could prevent us from getting choice [...]

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Please Control Your Facebook Image

by Jon Bishop on August 31, 2009

in Gen-Y, Rant

Control Your Image

It seems like a majority of Gen-Y still doesn’t understand how to maintain their public image. Just because you’ve created a LinkedIn account for your boss to check out, does not mean he’s going to overlook your party pics on Facebook. We’re smarter than this.

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Do What You Want

by Jon Bishop on July 16, 2009

in Rant, Video Post

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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

by Jon Bishop on June 11, 2009

in Rant, Social Media

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One problem I see in social media is the lack of transparency behind our thoughts and ideas. It’s completely understandable because we are dealing with small amounts of information of which we need to extrapolate the entire message. You can’t properly gauge the tone of someones voice or even measure their response by any reasonable [...]

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Why Do You Use Social Media?

by Jon Bishop on May 14, 2009

in Rant, Social Media

Jon Bishop Facebook Profile

I set up my Facebook account in September of 2004. I remember everyone was talking about it. The timing was perfect as it was my first time out on my own and I was desperate to meet people. It instantly became the go to solution to find out who that cute girl in my math [...]

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