Tag Archives: Technology
Thought Catalog Roundup
- 13 Tips For Moving Out Of Your Parents’ House Directly After College
- 31 Great Quotes About Being In Your 20s
- How To Have A…
- 8 Ways To Be A Better Person In The Digital Age
- 15 Little Tips For Mending Broken Relationships
- How I Won’t Sleep With Your Boyfriend
- Have You Become A Worse Person Since High School?
- The Difference Between Being In Love And Being In Love With Love
- Networking Tips For College Students
- The 8 Signs Of A Bad Relationship
- When She Dates A Douchebag
- 5 Relationships That Change When You Lose One
- 3 Things We Should Stop Doing For Health Reasons
- Maybe The Problem Wasn’t All Of Your Exes, Maybe It Was You
{Follow Up} w/ Dating Brian
With recently developed dating applications lately like Bang With Friends and Tinder and the rise in online dating websites, I decided to catch up with a guy I interviewed three years ago who set off on a dating challenge. Dating Brian vowed to go on a date everyday for a month as an experiment and when I caught up with him, he was right in the middle of it. Now three years later, he has completed the project and I wanted to know where he ended up! Dating Brian was so kind to answer my follow-up questions on how his dating style has changed, if he’s currently in a relationship now, and what he’s been up to.
Q: It’s been three years since we last talked and back then you were dating up a storm! More like one date every day for 30 days. I never got to chat with you after the Dating Brian project ended. How did that turn out?
Brian: Man, it really has been a while. It went well—got to meet a bunch of awesome ladies and chill out about the stress of dating. Also, got a job out of it!
Q: I remember that you went on a second date with one of the girls, how did that story pan out?
Brian: My last date of the project was going on a third date with her and we kept chatting a little bit afterwards. The interesting part: she met a couple of my friends and they still hang out to this day. So, I still see her from time to time.
RIP Xanga
Before Instagram, before Twitter, and before Facebook, there once was a social platform that enabled all teenagers to unleash their feelings on a daily basis. For my friends and I – it was the woes of middle school. I haven’t accessed my Xanga account in nearly 10 years, but I can still remember how expressive my feelings were back then on the funny thing someone mentioned in gym class, how I decided to present on the negative side effects of Ecstasy on my health project, and how every day I managed to smack the kid below me in the head with my locker. It really was unfair for him to have a bottom locker especially since he was so much taller than me. Xanga was ridiculous, but it will forever remain to be a very cherished memory for me. I won’t miss it. Middle school days equal severe awkwardness, right? It was, however, probably the place where I first started blogging so I suppose it deserves some credit. In order for Xanga to stay alive, they need to earn $60,000 by July 15.
It was nice knowing you.
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Thought Catalog Roundup
- 5 Signs You Are An Option, Not A Priority
- 21 Problems With Dating In Your 20s
- You Should Fall In Love With Them A Second Time
- This Is When You’re Gonna Fall In Love
- 9 Life Coping Mechanisms You Might Not Realize You’re Using
- Some People Just Won’t Appreciate You Until You’re No Longer Around
- What Most Boys Want In A Girlfriend
- What Most Girls Want In A Boyfriend
- 22 Things We Have To Stop Sharing On Facebook
- How To Convince Your Parents You Are Successful
- 10 Things Millenials Are Incredibly Good At Lying About
- The Downside To Online Writing
- How To Tell If Someone Is Right For You
- 5 Reasons Why So Many Relationships Fail Miserably
Facebook Launches Verified Accounts
photo cred | Mashable
Facebook is following in the footsteps of Twitter, Airbnb, and Pinterest by rolling out verified accounts set to debut today! In this day and age where anyone can pose as someone else on the internet and the fact that the term “catfishing” exists, verified accounts are important and at times necessary. Now, when you like your favorite band, musician, celebrity or public figure you can be sure that the information they are posting on their pages is accurate. Similar to Twitter verified accounts, Facebook will also include that signature blue check mark next to the name of the page you are visiting.
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Peek
photo cred | TechCrunch
With everyone catching the travel bug recently, here is a great new start-up that I thought you’d be interested in learning about. While most of my vacations in the past have always been about rest and relaxation, I think I’m now starting to get to a point in my life that when I am traveling, I want to have these unforgettable experiences. Ie) I want to be doing things that I know I’m going to appreciate someday looking back on it! Is it a little embarrassing to be a tourist? Sometimes. Do I care at all? Not really.
The great thing about Peek is that you can book amazing activities and tours when you plan a vacation all from one website. First, you pick your destination. Next you select what kinds of activities you’re interested in ranging from visiting sights and landmarks, food tours, outdoor adventures, and even activities that are kid-friendly. Start playing around on the site and check it out.
Aziz Ansari on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Aziz Ansari stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night and talks dating, technology, and NYC.
Yahoo Acquires Tumblr For $1.1 Billion
The news was released this morning, but it has taken me until the end of the day to post about it. This morning it was announced that Yahoo purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Can you imagine what you could do with that much? Apparently, buy out an entire social media platform. At Yow Yow! we like our Yahoo, but we like our Tumblr a little more only because Tumblr provides us with the inspiration to construct our “A Collection” posts. With this new acquisition, everyone is wondering how things will change. I read an article this morning that the number of WordPress users spiked last night as they migrated their Tumblrs over to my platform. I also heard Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer promise “not to screw it up.”
“The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve.”
With Tumblr going corporate, I could see a lot of great things coming out of this, but as always you can’t make everyone happy and there are certainly those that are unhappy. For now. Readers, I know some of you are on Tumblr. How do you feel about the new change? Will you stick with the company and remain loyal or will you make a switch?
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Flickr Gives All Users 1TB Of Free Storage
Today, is just a big news day for Yahoo isn’t it?! Today Flickr gave every single one of their users 1TB of free storage. That’s a lot. I actually started using Flickr back in 2007 and after I stopped renewing my pro account I was only limited to about 300 photos that I was able to view. News about storage expansion though is exciting because it now gives me another reason to return back to the photo-sharing website that I once loved. In addition to the storage, the interface has been completely revamped displaying photos in a BIG and bold way from your profile page.
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Thought Catalog Roundup
- Nobody Else Can Heal You
- How To Own A Smart Phone And Still Be Human
- Being Alone Is Powerful, And Other Truths
- 7 Stupid Things People Will Say To You When You’re Unemployed
- 7 Things Every Woman Should Accomplish In Her 20s
- Things I’m Learning About Being In A Relationship For The First Time
- Walking Away Doesn’t Make You A Bad Person
- 10 Things From The 90s We Don’t Miss AT All
- 21 Things You Need To Know To Win At College
- The 5 Best Kisses I Ever Had
- The Things Happy People Know
- I Am Definitely Not…
- 7 Things We Shouldn’t Be Ashamed Of Anymore
- Things To Consider Before You Leave Them
- 25 Rules For Young Professionals
The New Google Maps
I kind of love the emphasis on food in their new features, but who doesn’t love food AMIRITE?
Oh Google, how you always know the way to win over my heart.
Social Media Anxiety: It Exists
When you say the words, “Social Media Anxiety” out loud, it may sound kind of silly because after all – how can we take social media all that seriously? But it exists. I know because social media anxiety is exactly what happened to me yesterday morning when I was trying to promote a Yow Yow! post on Facebook. First I posted it. Four minutes later I took it down. Then I posted it to a friend’s wall and deleted it. And then I re-posted it to my own Facebook again. It was so ridiculous and I’ll admit I was a little bit embarrassed, but that is in fact what social media anxiety is at its finest. When you know that what you post will be seen by others that you are connected with, it’s hard NOT to feel self conscious. Is the status your posting witty enough? If it doesn’t have enough likes, is that a bad thing? Is my Instagram shot artsy enough? Will my tweet garner any re-tweets or replies?
The Today Show recently conducted a study in which they surveyed 7,000 American mothers and have discovered that 42% of them suffer from “Pinterest stress” – the worry that they are not crafty or creative enough. Yeah, that’s a real thing.
New York Magazine just wrote up an entertaining piece about the 6 Major Social Media Anxieties and it couldn’t be more spot-on. Check it out here.
Pinterest Notifies Users Of Already Pinned Pins
If you are an avid Pinterest user, you often times will forget when you’ve already pinned something. When re-organizing my boards, I sometimes would find that I had pinned a pin not once, not twice, but three times! I was being inefficient. Luckily for people like me who kept running into this problem, Pinterest has created a feature to make our lives easier. Now, if you’re pinning something that you have pinned before, you will be notified with a message. Repetition crisis averted!
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