5 Reasons To Convince Every College Student About LinkedIn
No one sees a new social network and thinks, “OMG Yes! Another social account to take care of! Let me just enter all my info here…” All social networks, successful or not, have faced the imposing wall...
View ArticleThe Relationship Between Social Media and Self-Worth
As a student of psychology and the brain, I’m intrigued by the effects that social media has on people’s perceptions of their self-worth. All of the social networks out there measure, at least to some...
View ArticleWhy do people put ‘Opinions and Tweets are my own’ in their Twitter Bios?
At first, it doesn’t make sense. Why on Earth would you put “Tweets are my own” or “Opinions are my own” in your own Twitter bio if it’s your personal account? I mean, isn’t it rather obvious that your...
View ArticleHow Blogging Got Me 2 Internships and Why You Should Blog, Too
When Gerald and I set out to pursue this idea of The Social U, we set out to do two things: One was teach college students how to protect themselves on social media, and the other was to teach college...
View Article3 Things I’ve Learned Working at a Startup
The word “corporate” has come to define the classic, cubicle-forest workplace characteristic of big companies, and no one is having any of it. By no one, I mean college students. We fear “corporate...
View ArticleA look back at The Social U: What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Going
It’s been over six months now since Gerald and I started this project, and much has happened since then. At around midnight on Monday, September 17th, 2012, Gerald and I were getting ready to launch...
View Article5 Quick Tips for a Great Twitter Bio
Describing your awesome self is quite the challenge when you only have 160 characters to work with. Too little and you say nothing about yourself; too much and it simply won’t fit. As I’ve said before,...
View Article6 Things Everyone Should Know About Snapchat
It’s the latest in mobile-only image sharing, but with a twist: photos have to be taken in-app and last only from 1-10 seconds, at the sender’s discretion. From middle schoolers to the New York Times...
View ArticleWhy I Boycott Buzzfeed
Two weeks ago, I changed by Twitter bio to start with the words “Boycotter of @Buzzfeed” in one of many attempts to conciliate who I am with what I want the general public to know about me. Perhaps...
View ArticleHow I Found My Writing Voice And How You Can, Too
Like any skill, writing comes easy for some and difficult for others. That being said, finding your writing voice is an issue that we all have, from successful writers to beginner bloggers. Of course,...
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