There’s Something About Memes (part 4 of ?)

Memes are defined as a unit of pop culture. The term was first coined by a British scientist, RichardDawkins,  to describe the evolution and spread of cultural ideas. Somewhere along the line, the term degenerated to describe LOLcats and Rickrolling. The success and longevity of a meme depends upon how culturally relevant it is. Case [...]

There’s something about memes (part 3 of ?)

First, a public service message: This is our 100th post! (Woot!) Admittedly, I’ve not gone back to memes since my post in February. Yikes! However, I wanted to share a video series from Rocketboom called “Know Your Meme” which explains the origins and proper use of a number of Internet memes while wearing nifty labcoats. [...]

There’s something about memes (part 1 of ?)

Memes – love them or hate them, they’ve been around forever. But, due to the critical mass in social media, some people are just beginning to discover them in earnest. Thanks to some of Facebook’s newer functionalities the ’25 Things’ meme has had some new life breathed into it. So much so, even TIME and Newsweek wrote about it earlier [...]

Web 2.0 is never gonna run around and desert you

Web 2.0 and the Internet in general has had a massive effect on the music industry. If you need proof, let me point you to a short list of examples that are sure to ring a bell. “Pay What You Want” album pricing structures pioneered by Radiohead Popularization of indie music acts, such as OK GO thanks [...]

*cough, cough* I can’t come to work today, I have Discomgoogolation

YouGov, an international market research firm, conducted a study in late July which polled 2100 Britons about their Internet dependency and came across some interesting findings. 76% say they cannot live without the Internet 44% say they feel confused and frustrated when they are unable to get online 17% say the longest they’ve been without Internet [...]

Sweet cellphone tech from Japan, finally?

According to a recent Associated Press article, Japan’s mobile phone companies will finally begin to push their cellphone technology to other countries. Don’t know about you, but I’ve always had phone-envy for those cool multi-tasking gadgets from across the sea. From the article, 3G phones make up 90% of the Japanese cellphone market – remarkable when you keep [...]

Bigfoot: the power of the press release

Happy Friday! Some silliness to usher in the weekend: It must have been a slow news day -  most of the major news outlets (Associated Press, New York Times and CNN to name a few) have been buzzing about an alleged Bigfoot discovery made by a few men from Georgia. At a highly-attended press conference event today, held in Palo Alto,  the men presented  [...]