By the Letter E

In this time of digital growth many of us hear different terms being thrown around the social media landscape.  Words like SEO, SEM and we often hear the term " building your network ".  Network .  What does that mean exactly?  What is a network and how does one go about building one online? A network is built from connections with people.  Those connections, those bonds can be through any means of socialization.  Pre social media networks were built by utilizing friends and family or even strangers that you struck up a conversation with. In small towns and tight knit communities, it is often through these networks that bring to mind the phrase "small world" as discoveries of mutual connections are made.  With the advent of social media building a network has never been easier.  It has allowed social butterflies to further extend their reach and present themselves to others in the world and expand their network.  For those i...

With the advent of social media, well of the internet really people have become more inclined to share everything from photos, artwork news and everything in between.  Offline, people have been sharing artwork and utilizing other forms of communication for centuries in the form of books, and the spoken word in libraries and in museums.  Only now has the sharing images and other forms of media gone online and increased viewership by the millions world-wide. The term viral is as commonplace now in discussion of online content as it was back in the days of using the term to describe actual biological medical conditions.  Why?  How do things like art or media go viral? What is the difference between now and then? The answer to all of these questions is innovative technology and YOU. LOL CAT MEMES You and everyone else on the planet that has access to technological resources like the internet, computers and smart phones.  Even those that live in places with...

By the standard Webster dictionary definition the internet is; In ter net  |ˈintərˌnet| an international computer network providing e-mail and information from computers in educational institutions, government agencies, and industry, accessible to the general public via modem links. By reading this I began to think and wonder about just what the internet is and if this definition is correct.  Is the internet a physical thing?  Can we see it somehow?  I know that we cannot really see the data transfer between networks, or modems but is there a physical thing that we can see that will enable us to realize just how vast our modern internet expands across the globe?  In searching answers for this topic I stumbled across a TED talk by author Andrew Blum.  In it he tries to answer just what the internet is and does an excellent job of depicting the physicality of it as it extends it's reach around the world.  I hope you enjoy... You can check out more of...