Black Friday. A few things pop in my head when I hear those two words. Excitement is probably the first thing that comes to my mind. The excitement of finding great deals for myself gets me up at two in the morning. Actually, this year we didn't even go to bed. Just stayed up at shopped all night. When I go shopping on black Friday I don't usually have a certain product in mind, I just like to find things I like for cheap. Here is a site talking about why people go out on blakc Friday. http://cjonline.com/news/2011-11-25/black-friday-time-shop-people-watch
The next thing I think about is people. My God there is people everywhere. We went to Target, and the line to get in was wrapped around the building. I literally could see the Target sign while I was at the end of the line because it was so long. I think we all have a hormone inside of us that makes us forget about all the people on out shopping on Black Friday. Because this year did it for me. I will not be going out next year because it was so unbelievably stressful and frustrating. I say this now, but im sure I'll be getting up next year again to go shopping. It is flat out dangerous. People absolutely go nuts during black Friday. There have even been deaths, where people are trampled to death. This year, a lady used pepper spray to get to the front of a line.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/26/us-usa-retail-violence-idUSTRE7AO15H20111126
People, you really don't need to go out on black Friday. I can't really back up my words right now since I went out, and didn't even have a reason to. However, there is a thing called Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is an online shopping day the Monday after Thanksgiving. It has great deals on it, not quite as good as black Friday, but there are plenty of great deals. There are plenty of other reasons not to shop on Black Friday. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/25/national/a222013S93.DTL. Here is a site listing many reasons why you don't need to go out on black Friday.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Life being a teenager is hard. Peer pressure, parents, sports and homework is difficult. And no one seems to understand. Finally a 15 year old teenager caught what many may endure at school on film. A is teacher bullying a student.
This happens more that you think. I have seen many occasions where a teacher seems to have it out for one particular student and there is nothing to do. Not anymore. With the internet and every media available to tell the world your story situations like this will not go unheard.
The internet age has provided everyone a way to show and prove there story to the world. Instead of just hearsay of a child or a concerned parent you have a full video or a teacher, someone who is supposed to be a mentor intimidating a child.
Digital Communication or communicating to people across the world or the country is important to show an unbiased side of every story if you can film it or document it you can show people everywhere what is happening to you. These stories are not an epidemic nor are they a wave of sexual assault across the country however it is happening to hundreds of young adults and now they have the ammo to back up there case and fix their problem. Teachers should be there to help you not to intimidate you or to assault you. Who knows how many times this happens to young adults in America. But hopefully it will reduce, since every individual know the internet is out there to record you’re every action. Who knows how many teachers, mentors or individuals have been bullying students to do what they want.
Life as a teenager is hard. There are so many things stressing you out and the last thing you need is a mentor to mess with the unstable balance you have with all of them. Finally now the young adult has something to be at bat in there corner, something more than “this teacher is picking on me” the internet, out for the young adult. The most technologically advanced generation finally has the will power to show the world what happens to them in their life.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Twitter and professional athletes
Twitter. Everyone has heard about this social network called Twitter. Twitter is an online social network, and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts, of 140 characters or less, much known as "tweets. If you would like a better understanding of Twitter and tweets, click on this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter One thing about Twitter is you can follow famous people. You can follow your favorite athletes. In fact, that's what my blog is about today, athletes and Twitter.
Pretty much every professional athlete has Twitter. In fact, of the 32 teams in the NFL, there are 1,254 current athletes using Twitter. If you would like to find out which NFL players have Twitter click on this link. http://www.tweeting-athletes.com/ I have no problem with any professional athlete having Twitter. In fact, that's what made Twitter so popular. You get to see actual tweets from your favorite players. It's exciting to see what they are up to, or what they are thinking about, or if they're coming to a town near you. However, that's what Twitter for any professional athlete should be kept to. When athletes start opening their mouth about their team, or the game that was just played is when they get into seroius trouble.
One football analysist stated "Athletes and Twitter go together about as good as oil and water." A lot of them just like to see how far they can push critics and others with their tweets. For example, Reggie Bush, former New Orleans Saints, heard a rumor about not getting resigned by his team when his contract was up and he tweeted "It's been fun New Orleans, but obviously I'm not wanted anymore." Turns out the team had full intensions of resigning Bush, however after that tweet, they had no interest in him anymore. Bush went on to make much less money and got signed by the Miami Dolphins, and is now on a team that hasn't even won a game yet. This is just one example of how a simple Tweet can cause you a heep of trouble. So athletes, we know you like to get a better audience, and maybe getting your voice out there is a way to do it. However if you still want a job, and still want fans, lets think before we tweet. Here is the countless list of things athletes have tweeted poorly about, which have caused consequences. http://www.bareknucks.com/athletes-and-twitter-mix-like-oil-water-please-stop-tweeting.
Pretty much every professional athlete has Twitter. In fact, of the 32 teams in the NFL, there are 1,254 current athletes using Twitter. If you would like to find out which NFL players have Twitter click on this link. http://www.tweeting-athletes.com/ I have no problem with any professional athlete having Twitter. In fact, that's what made Twitter so popular. You get to see actual tweets from your favorite players. It's exciting to see what they are up to, or what they are thinking about, or if they're coming to a town near you. However, that's what Twitter for any professional athlete should be kept to. When athletes start opening their mouth about their team, or the game that was just played is when they get into seroius trouble.
One football analysist stated "Athletes and Twitter go together about as good as oil and water." A lot of them just like to see how far they can push critics and others with their tweets. For example, Reggie Bush, former New Orleans Saints, heard a rumor about not getting resigned by his team when his contract was up and he tweeted "It's been fun New Orleans, but obviously I'm not wanted anymore." Turns out the team had full intensions of resigning Bush, however after that tweet, they had no interest in him anymore. Bush went on to make much less money and got signed by the Miami Dolphins, and is now on a team that hasn't even won a game yet. This is just one example of how a simple Tweet can cause you a heep of trouble. So athletes, we know you like to get a better audience, and maybe getting your voice out there is a way to do it. However if you still want a job, and still want fans, lets think before we tweet. Here is the countless list of things athletes have tweeted poorly about, which have caused consequences. http://www.bareknucks.com/athletes-and-twitter-mix-like-oil-water-please-stop-tweeting.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
World of Pandora
Pandora. Oh how I have fallen in love with Pandora. I honestly don't even know where to begin. I'll start by explaining what Pandora is. Pandora is a free radio station online. The bad thing about radio stations is you only like maybe 1 out of the 4 songs that play. Sure you can listen to a rock station if you like rock, country if for some insane reason you like country, or just today's hits. Still, there are plenty of songs you don't know, or even flat out don't like. Man don't you just hate it when that happens.
Oh wait, on Pandora you can type in a band that you like. Don't worry it doesn't just play songs from that band like a cd. It plays songs by that band, and songs that are similar to them. For example, If I type in Dave Matthews, it plays Dave and bands like O.A.R, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Jack Johnson. You can also type in more than one band on one station. Maybe you want a radio station that is more chill music, than another time you want some good ol rock and roll. You guessed it, you can have more than one station. Also, you can shuffle through the difference stations, not by pressing it by hand, but just by hitting the shuffle button once, then chill out for hours and listen to non stop radio.http://www.pandora.com/corporate/
Even if you do come across a song that you don't like, instead like driving in the car you have to flip through all the radio stations to try and find another song you like, just hit the next button. It's unreal how amazing pandora really is. The only downside of Pandora that I have found is that you only get 4 "nexts" per hour. I haven't even run into it much, I usually like all the music Pandora plays. Here is the link to Pandora. http://www.pandora.com/
Pandora is a free radio. Their slogan is "We have a single mission: to play only music you love." You can suscribe to Pandora, but really the only change is you can next however many times you want, and you don't get a 10 second add after three songs. Here is a site discussing the terms and agreements to subscribing. http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/archives/2009/05/pandora-one-upg.html
Now that you know about Pandora, the only question I have for you, is do you think Pandora will ever make it to an actual radio. For example, do you think you can be driving down the road, listening to Pandora.
Oh wait, on Pandora you can type in a band that you like. Don't worry it doesn't just play songs from that band like a cd. It plays songs by that band, and songs that are similar to them. For example, If I type in Dave Matthews, it plays Dave and bands like O.A.R, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Jack Johnson. You can also type in more than one band on one station. Maybe you want a radio station that is more chill music, than another time you want some good ol rock and roll. You guessed it, you can have more than one station. Also, you can shuffle through the difference stations, not by pressing it by hand, but just by hitting the shuffle button once, then chill out for hours and listen to non stop radio.http://www.pandora.com/corporate/
Even if you do come across a song that you don't like, instead like driving in the car you have to flip through all the radio stations to try and find another song you like, just hit the next button. It's unreal how amazing pandora really is. The only downside of Pandora that I have found is that you only get 4 "nexts" per hour. I haven't even run into it much, I usually like all the music Pandora plays. Here is the link to Pandora. http://www.pandora.com/
Pandora is a free radio. Their slogan is "We have a single mission: to play only music you love." You can suscribe to Pandora, but really the only change is you can next however many times you want, and you don't get a 10 second add after three songs. Here is a site discussing the terms and agreements to subscribing. http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/archives/2009/05/pandora-one-upg.html
Now that you know about Pandora, the only question I have for you, is do you think Pandora will ever make it to an actual radio. For example, do you think you can be driving down the road, listening to Pandora.
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