Free Alaa... Again

This weekend, Egyptian blogger, Twitter activist, and human rights advocate Alaa Abd El-Fatah has been jailed AGAIN. He was arrested in 2006, under similar circumstances, after participating in a peaceful protest. His arrest sparked fellow bloggers to create a blog called "Free Alaa." This time, he was arrested for his participation in the Egyptian Revolution in February. The government shut down the internet in Egypt, however, Alaa was not in Egypt. He was able to gather information from friends and family via land line phones and shared it with the world. The question I pose to you is this: What role has social media played in the recent "revolutions" around the world.

Source: http://boingboing.net/2011/10/31/free-alaa-again.html#more-127052

Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

I found this while browsing the internet the other day, and just thought it was really interesting. The whole idea behind this is that you throw the ball up and you are able to get camera angles like never before. The ball has multiple cameras embedded into it, and when you throw it up, you are able to see everything that the ball can capture, which is basically everything surrounding you.

Source: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/99995-throwable-36-camera-ball-takes-perfect-panorama-photos

Typing in Poster

Two Funny Advertisements:

The Sofa King:

"Our prices are sofa king low"

Texaco:

"Make every drop count"

Two straight forward advertisements:

McDonald's:

"I'm loving it"

Nike:

"Just Do It"

Rebecca Carlson Presentation

3 Things That She Said


1. Focus on one thing at a time
2. Network... Network... Network
3. Broaden your horizons

Rebecca Carlson is a former Hofstra student who is now having success as a Marketing Strategist for 360i Digital Marketing Agency. I think that she did a good job of correlating her post-graduate story with the real struggles that recent graduate have to face after college. Rebecca did not have much success immediately following college, however, she pushed through the adversity and was able to land an internship that eventually led her to the job that she is currently occupying. After not botching an interview, she stayed focused and networked the hell out of herself until she was finally able to land the internship. One thing that I learned from Rebecca's presentation is that you cannot give up. You need to keep pushing and remain confident that there is a job out there with your name on it. One also needs to stay focused on one thing at a time. There might be a lot of responsibilities out there for a recent graduate, however, you cannot let that overwhelm you. You cannot finish a task if you have millions of other things on your mind. Finish the task at hand, then you can begin working on your other tasks.