Love it or hate it, there’s no avoiding the fact that today is Valentine’s Day. In honour of the day, (and with digital addicts like me in mind) I found a fantastic – and funny – guide to keeping the digital out of your Valentine’s Day dinner date. If you’re like me and Valentine’s Day [...]
We dug deep into our Google Analytics reports and our click-through reports to determine which social media business stories you liked best in the last 30 days. Here are the results: Stories we wrote: The day my iPhone died - I can’t deny that I am overly reliant on my smartphone. And I’ll admit to feeling panicked if [...]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post detailing my life as a member of the tech-addicted Gen Y. I can’t deny that I am overly reliant on my smartphone. And I’ll admit to feeling panicked if it’s out of my sight for longer than it takes to go to the bathroom. That’s right, I [...]
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post for this digital literacy series about the smartphone addicted Gen Y. For the purpose of today’s post, here are some of the most interesting tidbits from that post: Four out of five respondents (81%) believe people have different online and offline identities. Less than 50% said their [...]
I know 2012 officially ended almost two weeks ago, but I haven’t yet written a post reflecting back on the year that was. A lot has been said about how big a role social media played in 2012 and how it will have an even loftier profile in the year to come. And since it’s [...]
I’m a member of Gen Y. I work in digital media, I post regular updates on Twitter and most importantly, I carry around my iPhone as if I need it to stay alive. An alert sounds on that thing and I leap up from the couch, cross the room in a single bound and check my [...]
Most of us spend an incredible amount of time involved in some sort of digital media related activity. We tweet the happenings of our days, click “like” on the materials our Facebook friends share, create digital scrapbooks with Instagram and post videos of our cats on YouTube. There’s an app for pretty much anything and [...]
It was January 2011. I logged into my Facebook account, something I did with troubling frequency, and noticed with excitement that a woman I considered to be a good friend, but with whom I’d recently had a potentially fatal falling out, had accepted my friend request. My mind raced with recollections of us chatting for [...]
Let me tell you a story. Back when I was growing up, I lived in a provincial park far away from civilization. To get to school and back every day I rode a school bus for 45 minutes each way. My only entertainment during my arduous travels came in the form of listening to a [...]
We dug deep into our Google Analytics reports and our click-through reports to determine which social media business stories you liked best in the last 30 days. Here are the results. Stories we wrote: Granny’s got a new iPad – and she knows how to use it! - Revera is one of Canada’s leading providers of seniors’ accommodations, [...]
