I hate the word "like." It is something that really, REALLY annoys me. I try to avoid using it and I can't stand it when other people use it repeatedly.
Apparently I'm not alone
And it is a word that has been one of the deal-breakers for me in a relationship with me in a relationship.
Recently I got involved with a girl who said "like" at least twice in every sentence. I once counted for a period of two minutes how many times she used the word "like" and it ended up being 54 times!!! 54 times someone said the same word in a two-minute period. Here is an example of one of her sentences: "Like, I just don't really like understand you and your really, like, hurting me." Frustrating....
A Facebook group for those who overuse the word like :)
After seeing this girl for about a two-week period I couldn't stand it anymore. I had to end it. Now when I sat down with her and told her she wasn't my type, this wasn't the only reason I gave her as to why she wasn't for me (I won't get into those details because that's a whole separate story). To me, using that word incessantly makes you seem very dumb. It makes the person using it seem very un-educated.
My question to you guys is was I justified in this? Is having a problem with the way someone talks a righteous way to break off a relationship? Am I weird or different for having a problem with this? I'm asking because it's been bugging me for the past few weeks.
Most commonly overused words and phrases
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Alysha Schertz and the Biz Times
Alysha Schertz visited our class Nov. 3 to discuss the ways writing has changed. Alysha graduated from Carroll University and now works for the Milwaukee Biz Times.
Alysha's collegiate paper
Alysha discussed the new ways she had to learn to write coming out of college with us. She went to the Biz Times and would write 1,500 word pieces instead of the short 800 words or fewer pieces she was used to.
The main message that she gave our class was that you must be versatile. You have to learn how to take photos, record and edit video, blog and then write stories. All of this has to be wrapped into one package. That was my favorite part of her talk. She told us she had to teach video editing programs to herself. Schertz said the best part about taking video is that you give people two options: they can either read the story or just watch the video accompanying the story. Either way, the viewer gets the same information.
Maynard Steel video
The other part of her message that was my favorite was that news is immediate. The Biz Times publishes nearly 10 different E-newsletters a week. Most of these articles deal with small businesses in the Milwaukee area and big business in Wisconsin.
Biz Times Daily
What I found very interesting was that the magazine they publish bi-weekly isn’t even the core of their operation. It’s not even half of their operation. Their website and e-newsletters are a big part of the Biz Times to go along with different events they run to attract clients to.
Alysha's collegiate paper
Alysha discussed the new ways she had to learn to write coming out of college with us. She went to the Biz Times and would write 1,500 word pieces instead of the short 800 words or fewer pieces she was used to.
The main message that she gave our class was that you must be versatile. You have to learn how to take photos, record and edit video, blog and then write stories. All of this has to be wrapped into one package. That was my favorite part of her talk. She told us she had to teach video editing programs to herself. Schertz said the best part about taking video is that you give people two options: they can either read the story or just watch the video accompanying the story. Either way, the viewer gets the same information.
Maynard Steel video
The other part of her message that was my favorite was that news is immediate. The Biz Times publishes nearly 10 different E-newsletters a week. Most of these articles deal with small businesses in the Milwaukee area and big business in Wisconsin.
Biz Times Daily
What I found very interesting was that the magazine they publish bi-weekly isn’t even the core of their operation. It’s not even half of their operation. Their website and e-newsletters are a big part of the Biz Times to go along with different events they run to attract clients to.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Geo-location and Sara Meaney
Geo-technology. It’s something I really didn’t understand before Sara Meaney and something I am still a little cloudy on. Sara came in and had a great knowledge on what geo-location and GPS provides to people.
Definition of Geo-location
What I like most about her message was that geo-location is both good and bad. You leave yourself up to get robbed and get stalked if you people know your location at all times. Other than not having a phone with a data connection, that has been my biggest drawback when using geo-location.
My other drawback is not really understanding what geo-location does and what it provides to people. Sara gave us a good explanation of what it is, but I was disappointed that I didn’t find an answer to this question: why should we involve oursel ves in geo-location? She was trying to explain these awards and points that are used by geo-location and I still don’t really understand. That was the biggest drawback to her discussion.
Four Square baby
If I could work for Comet, I would just because of a person like Sara. I can see that she would hire and work with people who are like herself, and that would be the biggest draw to working for her.
Sara is awesome
Otherwise, I really don’t have much of an interest in an advertising and branding company. I am very interested in social media and new media, but I’m a journalism major. I belong in a newspaper. Unless there was a position that filled my desires at Comet Branding, then I would take it in a heartbeat.
Definition of Geo-location
What I like most about her message was that geo-location is both good and bad. You leave yourself up to get robbed and get stalked if you people know your location at all times. Other than not having a phone with a data connection, that has been my biggest drawback when using geo-location.
My other drawback is not really understanding what geo-location does and what it provides to people. Sara gave us a good explanation of what it is, but I was disappointed that I didn’t find an answer to this question: why should we involve oursel ves in geo-location? She was trying to explain these awards and points that are used by geo-location and I still don’t really understand. That was the biggest drawback to her discussion.
Four Square baby
If I could work for Comet, I would just because of a person like Sara. I can see that she would hire and work with people who are like herself, and that would be the biggest draw to working for her.
Sara is awesome
Otherwise, I really don’t have much of an interest in an advertising and branding company. I am very interested in social media and new media, but I’m a journalism major. I belong in a newspaper. Unless there was a position that filled my desires at Comet Branding, then I would take it in a heartbeat.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Sara Meaney and Comet Branding
The website Comet Branding, has changed since I last saw it. Last semester when Sara Meaney visited this class, we couldn’t really understand what her company did for its clients. That is the first change I noticed on the website. When you run the mouse over the client list, it gives a short but good-enough description of what Comet Branding does for them.
Who Comet helps
Comet Branding is a public relations, branding and social media that helps out its respective clients get noticed. They help these clients then better connect with their customers.
Their specialty obviously is in online media. One of the things Sara said to us last year was in order to describe one’s company and actually get site viewers to read through the description, one mjust use bullet points. And that’s exactly what Comet Branding uses to show the viewers what they provide customers. It is easy to read through and doesn’t bore you like some websites do with paragraphs.
Comet Branding’s commitment to online media doesn’t stop there. Its use of all different social networks is what makes them a killer company. And when they add links to all of their social media profiles on their website makes them even more killer.
Comet Branding on Twitter
I definitely liked the LeBron James blog the best. I love that commercial. And yes, I do think it will help to rehabilitate his image. Being a public relations company, this is a great post for Comet Branding.
LeBron & Nike
I’m looking forward to the talk from Sara Meaney. You can tell from the website that she is truly invested in her company. Not only that, but she is incredibly experienced in the marketing and public relations world, having held many positions before starting Comet Branding in 2009.
The question I have is how will she relay the writing aspect of multimedia to us?
Who Comet helps
Comet Branding is a public relations, branding and social media that helps out its respective clients get noticed. They help these clients then better connect with their customers.
Their specialty obviously is in online media. One of the things Sara said to us last year was in order to describe one’s company and actually get site viewers to read through the description, one mjust use bullet points. And that’s exactly what Comet Branding uses to show the viewers what they provide customers. It is easy to read through and doesn’t bore you like some websites do with paragraphs.
Comet Branding’s commitment to online media doesn’t stop there. Its use of all different social networks is what makes them a killer company. And when they add links to all of their social media profiles on their website makes them even more killer.
Comet Branding on Twitter
I definitely liked the LeBron James blog the best. I love that commercial. And yes, I do think it will help to rehabilitate his image. Being a public relations company, this is a great post for Comet Branding.
LeBron & Nike
I’m looking forward to the talk from Sara Meaney. You can tell from the website that she is truly invested in her company. Not only that, but she is incredibly experienced in the marketing and public relations world, having held many positions before starting Comet Branding in 2009.
The question I have is how will she relay the writing aspect of multimedia to us?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Amy Sinclair
Amy Sinclair is a public relations officer for the city and county of San Francisco. She has 14 years of experience running pr for San Francisco. She helped develop the government become involved on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
San Francisco Facebook Page
What surprised me the most about the speaker is the amount of experience she has had with San Francisco. She also takes care of many different aspects of social media and new media for the county. She not only runs most of the profiles for the city and county. To go along with that she also runs most of the blogs.
I really didn’t understand that in a job like that, you are extremely busy with all the different events and things on the Internet you have to take care of. I don’t even know how she was able to come to Whitewater and give us a talk with how busy she must be.
The best part of her presentation was when she explained what one must do in order to get people citizens involved. You have to make your posts actionable. Posting questions are something that gets people involved with your Facebook or Twitter profile. You can get comments on your Facebook page or you can get people to re-tweet your tweets.
This didn’t really change any of my views of social media. I already knew most of the points she discussed and I really didn’t learn anything entirely new. I enjoyed seeing how someone else used social media in their work and that was the most enjoyable part of her presentation.
San Francisco Facebook Page
What surprised me the most about the speaker is the amount of experience she has had with San Francisco. She also takes care of many different aspects of social media and new media for the county. She not only runs most of the profiles for the city and county. To go along with that she also runs most of the blogs.
I really didn’t understand that in a job like that, you are extremely busy with all the different events and things on the Internet you have to take care of. I don’t even know how she was able to come to Whitewater and give us a talk with how busy she must be.
The best part of her presentation was when she explained what one must do in order to get people citizens involved. You have to make your posts actionable. Posting questions are something that gets people involved with your Facebook or Twitter profile. You can get comments on your Facebook page or you can get people to re-tweet your tweets.
This didn’t really change any of my views of social media. I already knew most of the points she discussed and I really didn’t learn anything entirely new. I enjoyed seeing how someone else used social media in their work and that was the most enjoyable part of her presentation.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Social Media Revolution 2
There are multiple things that completely surprised or took me aback by this video.
Social Media Revolution 2
I think the most surprising things are how quickly social media has spread and what demographic it is spreading to. One out of eight couples in the U.S. have met through social media. That might have been the most surprising statistic to me. I have come in contact with people who have met over the Internet, but I would have never though it was as widespread as the video made it out to be.
Social media has changed the way we write in that we write shorter and use abbreviations. I always kind of considered text messaging to be a part of social media, and Twitter is the text messaging of social media.
Twitter has changed the way we write and interact with one another because every is fast on Twitter. We now expect everything to be fast. We need to get through lines at the amusement park fast. We need to through fast-food lines as quick as possible. This is all an effect of social media.
We are faster with social media. We communicate faster with social media. And we expect everything to be just as fast as social media.
Maybe I shouldn’t have been so surprised about social media effecting couples’ relationships. Some of my relationships have been affected by Facebook. Some of them have been strengthened by the use of social media. I have met people through Facebook (which is the social media site I use most often).
I have had a very personal connection with social media throughout my young life.
Social Media Revolution 2
I think the most surprising things are how quickly social media has spread and what demographic it is spreading to. One out of eight couples in the U.S. have met through social media. That might have been the most surprising statistic to me. I have come in contact with people who have met over the Internet, but I would have never though it was as widespread as the video made it out to be.
Social media has changed the way we write in that we write shorter and use abbreviations. I always kind of considered text messaging to be a part of social media, and Twitter is the text messaging of social media.
Twitter has changed the way we write and interact with one another because every is fast on Twitter. We now expect everything to be fast. We need to get through lines at the amusement park fast. We need to through fast-food lines as quick as possible. This is all an effect of social media.
We are faster with social media. We communicate faster with social media. And we expect everything to be just as fast as social media.
Maybe I shouldn’t have been so surprised about social media effecting couples’ relationships. Some of my relationships have been affected by Facebook. Some of them have been strengthened by the use of social media. I have met people through Facebook (which is the social media site I use most often).
I have had a very personal connection with social media throughout my young life.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Mashable Articles
I read three different articles on Mashable:
1. Top 10 Twitter Trends this week
2. How to help your children set up a blog
3. The case for social media in schools
After reading these three articles, I asked myself, how has writing changed? And here's the answer: if Justin Bieber can be the most trended topic on Twitter, and parents are teaching their kids all about social media and the Internet, writing has changed.
The fact an article like the first one I posted is featured on a major website is a major sign that writing has changed.
And the other two articles show the effect social media writing is having on the younger generation. The "How to set up a children's blog" article, is a great testament in showing how multimedia writing is affecting everyone in our country. That's the power social media has had on the world. If there is a "how-to" for parents in helping them set up a blog for their children, then writing has changed a lot.
When I was 10-years-old, I didn't even know what a blog was. And now, to think that there are kids out there who will have their own blog when they are in 5th grade is mind-blowing.
And now I see kids who are still in grade school who have Facebook profiles. That's what the third article sums up. It's crazy. The effect social media has had on us is changing the way we teach kids is incredible.
1. Top 10 Twitter Trends this week
2. How to help your children set up a blog
3. The case for social media in schools
After reading these three articles, I asked myself, how has writing changed? And here's the answer: if Justin Bieber can be the most trended topic on Twitter, and parents are teaching their kids all about social media and the Internet, writing has changed.
The fact an article like the first one I posted is featured on a major website is a major sign that writing has changed.
And the other two articles show the effect social media writing is having on the younger generation. The "How to set up a children's blog" article, is a great testament in showing how multimedia writing is affecting everyone in our country. That's the power social media has had on the world. If there is a "how-to" for parents in helping them set up a blog for their children, then writing has changed a lot.
When I was 10-years-old, I didn't even know what a blog was. And now, to think that there are kids out there who will have their own blog when they are in 5th grade is mind-blowing.
And now I see kids who are still in grade school who have Facebook profiles. That's what the third article sums up. It's crazy. The effect social media has had on us is changing the way we teach kids is incredible.
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