Twitter
Lately there has been a lot of talk about Twitter. You may be wondering what a Twitter is; I know I was until a few weeks ago. Well, according to its website, Twitter is a a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question. If you are familiar with the status updates on Facebook, it is essentially the same thing. In 140 words or less, you can update your friends and let them know what you’re doing, or let them know about something you are currently interested in. The Toronto Star has recently noticed the rising popularity of Twitter, and has recently published articles in their paper, such as Forget Facebook Everyone’s A Tweeter, Twitpics, Retworts, Hash Tags and Twicks, and Why Tweeters Like Twitter. Not sure if Twitter is for you? Maybe it will reassure you to know that dozens of famous people have caught onto the Twitter craze, such as author Malcolm Gladwell, Toronto Raptor Chris Bosh and L.A. Laker Shaquille O’Neal.
Twitter user Malcolm Gladwell
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A blog post on blogging
I recently finished reading The Gum Thief By Douglas Coupland, and have recently started reading JPod, also by Coupland. I decided to do some research on him, and came across his official website. After browsing his site a little bit, i found a link to his New York Times Blog. On his Blog Coupland discusses topics such as “Why Write Modern Fiction,” “On Being Photographed” and “Should You Tour?”
A blog is a great way to gather a following, and Coupland has realized this. With a blog, Coupland gives his readers and fans a chance to interact with him, and respond to his thoughts and questions. Readers are given the chance to comment on his work, or share it with other people. So, having a blog is a fantastic web2.0 tool and is a great publicity and promotion tool as well!
Douglas Coupland
Sharing Content Easily on the Web
I recently received an e-mail from a friend who had been reading The Walrus today and wanted me to check out an article she had read. She copied and pasted the link into the message window (we were on msn) in order that I could take a look at it. Once I clicked on the link, I was not taken to the article but was instead taken to The Walrus’s homepage, and it had opened in the same window (don’t you hate that?!). I decided to do some investigating; there had to be an easier way for me to view the article without all this copying and pasting. I searched around, and lo and behold, a share this link!
The concept of share this really couldn’t be simpler or more easy to use. You come across an article that you’d like to share. You simply click on the “share this” link and you will be given the option of sharing the article dozens and dozens of ways. You can share it the old-fashioned way (e-mail), through social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace, or through other (perhaps less heard of mediums?) such as Reddit or Newsvine.
The share option makes sending content across the web to a friend or family member as easy as possible. No more copy and pasting links or searching through google. The share option makes content literally available at your fingertips!
Healthy Eating and Natural Healing on the Danforth
Living Healthily, Naturally, and Happily on the Danforth
The Big Carrot and Healing on the Danforth are two keys to healthy living
By: Dayna Danson
Forty-nine-year-old Mia Murphy has lived on the Danforth since 1980, and could list thousands of reasons why she loves living there with her nine-year-old daughter. Her favourite thing about the Danforth, however, “would have to be the surplus of fantastic stores such as The Big Carrot,” she says. The natural food market (seen below), is located at 348 Danforth Avenue, and specializes in organically grown, GMO-free and environmentally safe products. It also offers a range of services including cooking classes, free nutritional store tours and free weekly lectures on health and the environment, and dozens of other events.
The Big Carrot
StumbleUpon
I was recently browsing The Walrus and came across a widget called StumbleUpon. I clicked on the icon and then did some research and learned that it is an internet community that allows its users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos.
Web pages are presented when the user clicks the “Stumble!” button on the bowser’s toolbar. StumbleUpon chooses which Web page to display based on the user’s ratings of previous pages, ratings by his/her friends, and by the ratings of users with similar interests. Users can rate or choose not to rate any Web page with a thumbs up or thumbs down. StumbleUpon also allows their users to indicate their interests from a list of nearly 500 topics to produce relevant content for the user.
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