Keeping Up Online

Via an article on The Verge, according to a new report from Nielsen, as of February 2012, 49.7 of US mobile owners own a smartphone. Some statistics for you: 48% of owners say they own a Android OS device 32% own an iPhone 12% own a BlackBerry As for the new purchases: 48% bought an […]

I’m a Pinterest novice to say the least, but now that I’m getting the hang of it, I’m more than addicted. It’s a little overwhelming in the beginning but I’m finally starting to figure out boards, and repinning and all that jazz. Here’s a link to my Pinterest page! http://pinterest.com/sarahelhage/  

With so many outlets for news the key to keeping up to date is organization. We truly do have information overload. Between, email, newspapers, Twitter, news applications on your mobile phone, radio, television and watching/reading content online, we are always being fed new information. What I do I personally use the Twitter for Mac application. […]

For every article written online, chances are there is an accompanying video. Time and time again we are told that to be a journalist, you need to be able to cross-platform including being able to produce and create videos. In chapter eight, Briggs gives a numbers of great tips and tools to help even the […]

I think the very first thing I learned as a student of Communication at Mason that has always been taught is to “know your audience.” In every communication class I’ve taken, this has come up someway, somehow. So once you’ve figured out who your audience is, you should probably figure out to attract them to […]

News as a conversation is really the only way I know news. I always write about how I get most of my news online or through applications on my phone. There is almost always a place to leave a comment and start a discussion. This has it’s pros and cons. While there are many benefits […]

I recently went to a Photoshop CS5 workshop here at Mason and I have to say, this class really taught me the basics of Photoshop. I have never used Photoshop before so I was pretty excited to use the program and learn a few things. And I got to use those amazing new Macs in […]

By switching to iPads, Vancouver, Wa. has been able to save $336 per iPad used as well as decrease printing of paper to about 40% according to this Verge article. The city traded in some of the BlackBerry’s given out to employees for iPads to stop people from printing. They brought printing down from 5,371 […]

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According to studies, Google+ users only visit the site three times a month for about three minutes a visit. That’s three more visits and three more minutes than I’ve spent since I signed up. In this article from The Verge, the study notes that Facebook users visit the site up to 21 times a month […]