the social media tag
Just because you only met social media idiots does not mean that everybody is one …
Every time the meme of “oh look those idiots are calling themselves Social Media [Gurus|Experts|Specialists]” comes up I get highly annoyed at the hidden insult. And the fact that this kind of posting most often is link bait.
Just because there are millions of nephews putting together web sites by clicking in Frontpage does not mean that there are no real web developers. And just because there are millions who use Word merely as a better typewriter or Excel like a better calculator does not mean that others can’t do great stuff.
It is an insult not only to the people doing …
Twitter, Facebook and the rest – why you have to play around just to keep up
Summary: The internet is changing us and society so fast – how we work + communicate + interact + shop + research – that it is not enough anymore to just observe and only partly dive in. “Internet” is not about going or being online any more, it is as relevant to our daily live as much as having warm water. I place “being connected” on my personal Maslow’s pyramid. It is nothing you should be looking at separately any more and still, many still do. The new motto should be: “Get playful, get experimental – or stay behind.” and …
