On Blu-ray: The Social Network (2010) with Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield

On January 3, 2011, in Movies, DVDs, Blu-ray, by Editor

They all laughed at college nerd Mark Zuckerberg, whose idea for a social-networking site made him a billionaire. And they all laughed at the idea of a Facebook movie–except writer Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher, merely two of the more extravagantly talented filmmakers around. Sorkin and Fincher’s breathless picture, The Social Network, is a fast and witty creation myth about how Facebook grew from Zuckerberg’s insecure geek-at-Harvard days into a phenomenon with 500 million users.

Bloggers: How To Monetize "Free" Website Content

These days, everyone talks about free content. “Give it away!” they say, but does this really work? Well, yes and no. As with anything, there has to be a strategy.

The Power And The Danger Of A Successful Blog

I started this website as a personal blog to write about everything I love and hate, hoping that somebody in the outside world would read it, and afraid that somebody in the outside world would read it. Blogging is a never-ending learning process, especially when success is attached to it.

Bloggers: The Right Way to Approach a Social Networking Site

The idea behind social networks isn’t a new thing, but the concept of socializing online developed and morphed as more and more people spent time in front of their computers. The idea being that you could socialize, network, gather, communicate and meet friends in an online venue, rather than, let’s say a coffee shop.

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

On October 3, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

“The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life,” writes Malcolm Gladwell, “is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.” Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell’s The Tipping Point has quite a few interesting twists on the subject.

Blogging Tips – From Blog To Book

On July 5, 2010, in Blogging, by Editor

Ironically, many of the rules of good blogging apply to this article and the first is: Blog often. If you’re a serious blogger you are likely posting daily, if you’re not, then you probably don’t have much to say. If you want to get your blog noticed, you need to be blogging daily. Why? Because it’ll not only help you look massively articulate, but it’ll really help with your traffic and search ranking, and let’s face it: If no one is finding you, how do you expect a publisher to discover your work?

Oops, I Lost A Facebook "Like"

On June 16, 2010, in Blogging, The Bleeding Hills, by Editor

Blogging is supposed to be fun – well, mostly it is, unless you have to deal with rude comments, or a comment you made on Facebook – always have a Facebook account with your blog as it develops a readership for you – angered one of your “Like”, formerly known as “Fan”. Exactly that happened to me yesterday.

Six Quick Tips For Twitter Success

On May 28, 2010, in Blogging, Marketing, Technology, by Editor

I personally am very skeptical when it comes to Twitter – See also my post Top 10 Reasons Why I love Twitter. Yes, I do maintain my Twitter account, and any new post on this website is also posted automatically on Twitter. However, I hardly ever write directly to Twitter, and I learned not to care who signs up as a so-called follower. Most “followers” are either other businesses, scammers/spammers, or both. I’d rather go with my Facebook account where I can communicate with real people.