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Social Media: Does it complement or detract from life?
Posted on September 8, 2015 Leave a Comment
Social media is key part of all of our lives and everyday it seems that something happens to reinforce its impact on our lives. It is estimated that the average person in america spends upwards on 37 minutes per day social networking and that 46% of web users are influenced by social media when making […]
Meeting People through the use of Technology
Posted on June 11, 2013 Leave a Comment
When I arrived in San Francisco on Sunday I didn’t really know anyone and had no plans for the day. I had been using a great app called Glassboard to share ideas and experiences with other attendees so posted a message asking if anyone else was at a loose end. Within a few moments a […]
Are you ready to “vine”
Posted on May 5, 2013 Leave a Comment
We all live in the age of social media and I’ve adopted pretty much everything going. I remember doing my a-levels and MySpace was the big thing. My space was founded in 2003 and I loved it. At the same time we had other sites such as Bebo which although I had an account never […]
The Future and Social Networks
Posted on September 5, 2012 Leave a Comment
Social networking is an interesting concept in todays society – I guess like most people who use the internet it’s become part of my everyday life. The question i’ve been asking myself recently though is why? It seems that once everyone you know is a friend on facebook it somehow looses it’s appeal – anyone […]
How “social” is “social media”?
Posted on September 2, 2012 3 Comments
It occurs to me that the world seems to have become obsessed with “Social Media” – but what does the term actually mean? Websites like FaceBook and Twitter seem to have coined the term for themselves in such a way that the brands are used almost interchangeably when discussing social media but the idea of […]
Re-Revolution
Posted on June 30, 2012 1 Comment
So this is the first blog post of the all new, revolutionised, WestgarthsWeb. I’ve attempted blogging a number of times in the past and have failed miserably predominantly because i’ve never given the blog a focus. I’ve simply dipped in and out of whatever I might be vaguely interested in at the time. Well this […]
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