http://cuteoverload.com/2010/12/23/merry-quarium/
Another video from CuteOverload.com to make your day a little merrier :)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Facebook: The Origins
Sorry for the long absence. Good news! (Though mostly relevant to me) I found a job. It's just eating up alot of my time now, but I'm trying to get back to writing in this.
Facebook. There's a HUGE article in Time Magazine about Facebook and Zuckerberg. And it's odd. I find myself wishing for the return of the old Facebook. The one where I had my full name, college, and dorm (down to the room number) posted for all to see because it was only for college kids! Back when I friended strangers who were going to be living in the same dorm as me. Back when I would strike up a conversation, for the first time in my life, with a hot guy and absolutely know that life was about to get better.
Now with Facebook's worldwide and age-wide range of members, the rules have changed. It was like the virtual handshake to your potential new best friend became taboo as the crowds filed in. 13 years olds blatantly pretended to be 19 and made that previously small world awkward. Old alumni friend-requested young college girls, and attitudes instinctually shifted toward suspicion. Family members expected invites to inspect your pictures. The entire network of "friends" went bust (at least to those college kids who were originally present for the transition).
And I stare at this article, knowing where Zuckerberg was trying to go with the Facebook concept, and indeed achieving it for a precious fraction of time, but also realizing that it will never return to that first, sincere, and probably naive, virtual handshake.
Facebook. There's a HUGE article in Time Magazine about Facebook and Zuckerberg. And it's odd. I find myself wishing for the return of the old Facebook. The one where I had my full name, college, and dorm (down to the room number) posted for all to see because it was only for college kids! Back when I friended strangers who were going to be living in the same dorm as me. Back when I would strike up a conversation, for the first time in my life, with a hot guy and absolutely know that life was about to get better.
Now with Facebook's worldwide and age-wide range of members, the rules have changed. It was like the virtual handshake to your potential new best friend became taboo as the crowds filed in. 13 years olds blatantly pretended to be 19 and made that previously small world awkward. Old alumni friend-requested young college girls, and attitudes instinctually shifted toward suspicion. Family members expected invites to inspect your pictures. The entire network of "friends" went bust (at least to those college kids who were originally present for the transition).
And I stare at this article, knowing where Zuckerberg was trying to go with the Facebook concept, and indeed achieving it for a precious fraction of time, but also realizing that it will never return to that first, sincere, and probably naive, virtual handshake.
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