Posts Tagged ‘Internet’
A Brief Look at Internet Memes
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 by Jason Lightner
Like most cities, the Internet is both a beautiful and wondrous place, and an evil and filthy place at the same time. Today, I'd like to discuss one of my favorite things about it: Internet memes. For those of you who don't know, a meme is sort of an infectious idea. It can be a picture, a video, a slogan, whatever. It becomes part of internet culture (usually for about twelve hours before it gets old) and then is discarded for the next one.
The way these things start just fascinates me to no end. One person...
A Book that Won’t Go Out of Style
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 by Kendall Ryan
Remember hearing about allmyfaves.com? KBB.com is allmyfaves: AUTO EDITION, as I prefer to call it.
Kelley Blue Book is a website that provides consumers/users with the ultimate car database. In a nutshell, it is a collection of car values and prices. With Kelley Blue Book, you can research any car, discover the perfect car for you, or evaluate your own car.
I will give you an example. Hypothetically, let’s say I have a 2005 BMW X3. I am looking to buy a new car of a similar type but I am unsure of its competitors. So, I consult Kelley Blue Book....
4Chan is a Moot Point in the Sarah Palin Email Hack
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 by Jason Lightner
For those of you who have not had the pleasure (or displeasure in some cases) of perusing the message threads of 4Chan (some boards NSFW), allow me to summarize. 4Chan is an image board with anonymity in mind where users can post about and discuss whatever they wish. Therein lies a loose-knit community who refer to themselves as simply "Anonymous." The 22-year-old founder of the website, Moot (Christopher Poole), has been dealing with the users' shenanigans for quite some time, as he seems to always come under fire when the users do something ridiculous.
Recently, Moot was...
The E-Evolution
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 by Kendall Ryan
When I used to think of marketing, I thought of brochures, business cards, signs, paper advertisements and person-to-person sales. Now, with the evolution of technology has revolutionized the way we market.
Marketing today is not the same it was even a year ago. Where I used to look for ads in newspapers, I look for ads online. Most of the time, the online sales at, Macy’s for example, offer a better selection and sale prices than in stores. It is also all about convenience.
If you are a small business looking to immerse yourself in era of the internet here are...
