Is Facebook Really Like a Chair?
Facebook seems to think so [if they do say so themselves]. They just launched their new ad campaign, aimed at driving “brand awareness”. Brand. Awareness. Just let that sink in for a moment. Facebook’s marketing team searched high and low for the single most inspiring artifact humanity has created, and they came back with “chair”. Fucking brilliant. … Read more
Instagram Killed the Blackberry Star
The Blackberry Photo Project has officially been killed…for now. I started the Blackberry Photo Project in the spring of 2011 when Instagram was still small and hadn’t gained enough steam for me to have even heard of it. Then one day little square snapshots started appearing all over my Facebook feed. Everyone had vintage shots … Read more
On Whitney, Wikipedia and Worthless Status Updates
We’ve come a long way with the advancement of the web to the point that its’ implied immediacy is often taken for granted. It seems it’s more important to make facts publicly known than to reflect on the fact itself… or the utility of sharing it with others. That’s why an astounding proportion of Facebook … Read more
New stat: there are 1,212,408 liars on Facebook
Proof below: I’m willing to bet that these people all have their managers on Facebook. Just saying.
Tigger has more Facebook “likes” than Piglet
Madness, I tell you. Funny how this showed up in my “Recommended Pages” tab on the far right column on Facebook. It’s times like these I’m reminded that throughout all the incredible advances in technology, the internet and online social media, we’re still so far from artificial intelligence. In fact, I wonder if technology will … Read more
