Category: Social Media Bytes

  So last month —  in my piece about tea blogs —  I promised a column on coffee blogs for those who prefer the dark brew that Talleyrand famously said should be drunk as “black as the Devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.” Here’s a rundown of the most interesting and educational coffee […]

February 04 2015 Social media can be a powerful force if harnessed for social or environmental activism Social media also has the benefit that it can rally public opinion very quickly even overnight far faster than conventional petitions or other means A racist person can lose their job in a day national legislation can be altered or retracted and companies and governments can be forced to change their position on an issue Here are some examples of the effectiveness of social media that resulted in public outcry and effective action AMY CHEONG AND lsquoWEDDINGGATErsquo Amy Cheong was the Membership Assistant Director of the National Trades Union Congress NTUC in Singapore Amy Cheong put a public posting on her personal FaceBook p

January 7 2015 When I heard about the recent missing Air Asia plane AirAsia8501 and wanted to find updates I went immediately to my Twitter account Using the hashtag AirAsia8501 hashtag is the search function that Twitter uses to designate a stream of posts on a certain topic I was immediately able to see breaking news about the plane When I checked the news channels that I usually refer to BBC CNN ndash I found that their most recent updates were often hours old Twitter posts or tweets are short and can be easily and quickly written and sent from mobile devices from anywhere Due to the brief fast nature of information being posted read and shared on Twitter this network is much more suited for covering breakingnews events While Facebook is a social network and most people use it primarily to

December 10 2014 Digital Afterlives What happens to your social media accounts after you die Even if you are healthy now making provisions for your social media accounts after your death is a good idea and will spare family the additional burden of having to decide what to do with your accounts once youre goneChoose the person you want to look after your accounts when youre no longer around a family member a friend or an executor of your estate Let them know in advance your plans ndash if you want your accounts deactivated or the data ie photos downloaded and kept The best advice is to provide a list of usernames and passwords for your accounts with clear instructions which accounts you want deactivated or data kept Most social media accounts protect a users privacy even if they are deceased Often the accounts of someone who has d

November 12 2014 PINTEREST Pinterest is the fastestgrowing social media network with over 70 million users an impressive achievement when you consider that Pinterest only went live in 2010 Pinterest cofounder Evan Sharp describes it as ldquoa place to discover ideas for all your projects and interests handpicked by people like yourdquo Do you remember in the presocial media days how you would cut out articles recipes or photos from a magazine to keep or share with friends Or you might have pinned them up on a physical bulletin board that you kept over your desk or in a work or craft room Maybe you also put up knitting or craft patterns or Doityourself DIY instructions for making a bookshelf or creating more storage in your kitchen Or perhaps you just put up humorous pictures of cats or inspirational quo