FamilyEducation BlogsAugust 13, 2009
Woman tweets during childbirthYes, you read that right. No, she didn’t have some weird delivery complication or medical condition, she was tweeting, as in, posting on Twitter. You know, that fun little social networking site where you can instantly alert all of your “followers” of your every thought and move (in 140 characters or fewer, of course). And when the tweeter (or eh hem, is it twit?) is none other than Twitter CEO’s wife and baby mama, the tweets were heard ‘round the world. [more]
April 27, 2009
Facebook costs woman her job.I ran across an interesting article today and am curious to see how all of you feel about it, and what your opinion is on the matter. A woman in Zürich, Switzerland lost her job for surfing around on Facebook, the popular social networking site that everyone is a member of now. This may seem like a cut and dry case, but the kicker is, the woman had called into work sick that day and was at home when accessing the site. Her company had sent her a mystery "friend request" to see if she was using the site while at home. [more]
March 23, 2009
How do you Tweet?I just posted a new tweet on my Twitter account. It said something along the lines of "What's the point of this?" Twitter is the newest fad in social networking. From what I understand (and that's very little at this point), you have a limited amount of space to let everyone know how you feel and what you're doing. It's like a brief play by play of your day. (Because, you know, everyone is just dying to know what you had for lunch, how it tasted, and when you plan on eating again.) [more]
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