So here it is: I joined Instagram.
While our flight got delayed to Puerto Rico during spring break my friends convinced me that I needed to have instagram to capture all of the beautiful pictures I could take on our trip. They fooled me right? I took the bait and here I am addicted more than ever. Not only do I love keeping up with my friends and their photos, I like being able to choose which filter I want to use on my own pictures.
Some things I have learned about Instagram:
-You can follow tons of people and because it will show you your Facebook friends who have it, it is super easy to find all of your close friends, old friends, or people you think have a super cool life you want to live vicariously through!
- People you don't really think would like your pictures will. It's so strange to me how random people will like photos of a group of my friends, but not my friends. Interesting.
- Everything looks better with a filter. Bad photo? Not tan? A tad blurry? No problem, just change the filter and you're good to go!
- People do things like #TBT and #latergram and #no filter. It's fun and interesting, but just like Twitter in the hashtag aspect.
Remember when I wrote that post saying I had no interest in Instagram and did not want to follow that trend, well too late and I'm glad. Even my mom has Instragram, weird. And, when writing my paper for Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme I had both of them request to follow me! Embarassing? Nope.
I wonder what other social media sites I'm not a part of that I will soon give into? Vine? Tumblr? Those seem to be the two I would be interested in, but for now hopefully I'm social media-ed out.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Coming Soon for Social Media
On Social Media Today an article was posted about Apple launching a new product called the iWatch. Can you imagine? I picture a mini computer on my arm. The article does not go into detail on what all the iWatch will feature but does say that it will most likely have iOS and a cellular antenna for phone calls. In photos the map app and mail app are shown. I am assuming that the iWatch will be able to do everything an iPhone can do. However, instead of going into hype about what all the iWatch will provide the article mainly talked about what the band will be made of and the screen, so I did not receive a lot of information. This must be Apple's response to the Google glasses. What do you think will be more realistic for normal people like us? I feel like the glasses are so bizarre and only swanky people and tech savvy people will follow that craze. However, I feel like the iWatch is innovative, realistic, and will appeal to a wide variety of people. The downfall? Today almost everyone already has a laptop, iPad, and/or iPhone so do we really need another device that our Cloud can backup to? Most people carry their phones or some technology device with them at all times, so do we need our watch to have all of those applications as well? I cannot seem to picture myself checking my emails on my watch or talking to my wrist to make a call like a secret agent. Who knows. I do think it is the more logical of the two, but I am not sure it is necessary. However, when has that ever stopped people from purchasing something? Doesn't everyone always want the next best thing or the new hot item? This article predicts the iWatch being launched by mid 2013. While I'd be shocked if they are right and it comes that soon, I guess we will see the fate soon enough.
The iWatch will be interesting to see how it will effect the social media forms. Many life situations today require or are considered ill habit to use a cell phone. For example: at work, at school, in church, in a meeting, etc. But, people who wear watches wear them all day. How will this stand with morality and values or respecting others? Can you picture someone looking at their watch checking emails in a meeting or someone looking through their Facebook pictures while in class?
Another concern that can come upon the iWatch is safety. It's already a war zone walking to my classes without bumping into someone while I'm on my phone or someone bumping into me because they are too busy looking down at the newest Tweets. Can you imagine if it was attached to your arm? How about driving? New law: you cannot wear a watch while driving because it is dangerous. That's probably never going to pass, but you have to see where I'm coming from. It does slightly concern me because social media being so available is causing people to no longer pay full focus to what is going on right in front of them but more on what is being shared on the internet they are potentially missing out on.
Personally, I don't plan on purchasing an iWatch. Not only do I think they aren't going to be very cute, but I can't imagine me NEEDING it. (but who "needs" anything these days right?) However, I do think it's a cool idea and will step Apple once again back on top. I think they will be more successful than the Google glasses and I think that it will increase activity even more on social media sites. People will have more opportunities to post and will have a higher availability to surf and search than ever before. There will no longer be that short moment in a families household where the phones aren't allowed at the dinner table because the parents want to have their kids attention, but there will not be any conversation because between Mom checking her emails, Dad checking stocks, son checking sports updates, and daughter checking new photos added to Facebook everyone will be too busy on their watches to even interact!
Okay I'm probably being over dramatic but does anyone else feel like social media availability has effected their personal skills or interaction with people face to face?
The iWatch will be interesting to see how it will effect the social media forms. Many life situations today require or are considered ill habit to use a cell phone. For example: at work, at school, in church, in a meeting, etc. But, people who wear watches wear them all day. How will this stand with morality and values or respecting others? Can you picture someone looking at their watch checking emails in a meeting or someone looking through their Facebook pictures while in class?
Another concern that can come upon the iWatch is safety. It's already a war zone walking to my classes without bumping into someone while I'm on my phone or someone bumping into me because they are too busy looking down at the newest Tweets. Can you imagine if it was attached to your arm? How about driving? New law: you cannot wear a watch while driving because it is dangerous. That's probably never going to pass, but you have to see where I'm coming from. It does slightly concern me because social media being so available is causing people to no longer pay full focus to what is going on right in front of them but more on what is being shared on the internet they are potentially missing out on.
Personally, I don't plan on purchasing an iWatch. Not only do I think they aren't going to be very cute, but I can't imagine me NEEDING it. (but who "needs" anything these days right?) However, I do think it's a cool idea and will step Apple once again back on top. I think they will be more successful than the Google glasses and I think that it will increase activity even more on social media sites. People will have more opportunities to post and will have a higher availability to surf and search than ever before. There will no longer be that short moment in a families household where the phones aren't allowed at the dinner table because the parents want to have their kids attention, but there will not be any conversation because between Mom checking her emails, Dad checking stocks, son checking sports updates, and daughter checking new photos added to Facebook everyone will be too busy on their watches to even interact!
Okay I'm probably being over dramatic but does anyone else feel like social media availability has effected their personal skills or interaction with people face to face?
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