Monday, February 28, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Toy Story 3... more than a kids movie.
This is an article about how Toy Story 3 used social media to win at the box office.
I find it interesting that they were mainly targeting college age kids.
It mentions how "Disney and Pixar made it clear that individuals in their twenties would be a big target for Toy Story 3."
I found this interesting, I had no idea this movie was out until two nights ago when my wife brought it home from a REDBOX for our two year old son to watch.
That being said I did watch it with him, and it captured my attention as well as the first Toy Story did when I was like ten. I loved it, I think I liked it more than my son, although I was sad to see Woody get tossed to the side like that by Andy...lol.
I find it interesting that they were mainly targeting college age kids.
It mentions how "Disney and Pixar made it clear that individuals in their twenties would be a big target for Toy Story 3."
I found this interesting, I had no idea this movie was out until two nights ago when my wife brought it home from a REDBOX for our two year old son to watch.
That being said I did watch it with him, and it captured my attention as well as the first Toy Story did when I was like ten. I loved it, I think I liked it more than my son, although I was sad to see Woody get tossed to the side like that by Andy...lol.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Social Networking During an Emergency
http://mashable.com/2011/02/11/social-media-in-emergencies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29
I thought this was an interesting story and graphic about using social networks to alert people of an emergency.
I think sites like Twitter are an excellent way to get news to people immediately, especially during a big emergency. For example, with the Fort Hood incident it was Twitter that instantly provided the news to soldiers and people around the world.
But, the graphic also shows a real tweet from someone who needs an ambulance. All I have to say is, hopefully someone saw it.
For a major national crisis I think using social media to spread the word on emergencies works great, because someone will pick up on it. But if I was injured on the side of the road I wouldn't count on a "tweet" to save my life, unless I had thousands of followers. It couldn't hurt to send out a message on Twitter or Face Book during a personal emergency, but what if no one was online, or people thought it was a joke.
Although, sometimes it may be the only way to get a message out. For example if someone is kidnapped and can't make any noise, they could just send out their whereabouts.
Overall, I think social media sites can help during an emergency. Just be sure you want everyone to know about that particular emergency.
*For someone like myself who can't "tweet", or use any social media from my cell phone, this issue is less likely to effect me, unless I'm sitting at a computer at the time of the emergency.
I thought this was an interesting story and graphic about using social networks to alert people of an emergency.
I think sites like Twitter are an excellent way to get news to people immediately, especially during a big emergency. For example, with the Fort Hood incident it was Twitter that instantly provided the news to soldiers and people around the world.
But, the graphic also shows a real tweet from someone who needs an ambulance. All I have to say is, hopefully someone saw it.
For a major national crisis I think using social media to spread the word on emergencies works great, because someone will pick up on it. But if I was injured on the side of the road I wouldn't count on a "tweet" to save my life, unless I had thousands of followers. It couldn't hurt to send out a message on Twitter or Face Book during a personal emergency, but what if no one was online, or people thought it was a joke.
Although, sometimes it may be the only way to get a message out. For example if someone is kidnapped and can't make any noise, they could just send out their whereabouts.
Overall, I think social media sites can help during an emergency. Just be sure you want everyone to know about that particular emergency.
*For someone like myself who can't "tweet", or use any social media from my cell phone, this issue is less likely to effect me, unless I'm sitting at a computer at the time of the emergency.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Making Butter Burgers Better
Making Butter Burgers Better
Two UW-Whitewater students compete in the Culver's Grillmaster National Championship.
Two UW-Whitewater students compete in the Culver's Grillmaster National Championship.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Texans trying to pronounce Wisconsin city names
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcQCtFlENA
With all of the Super Bowl hype going on, I thought this was a pretty funny clip. It has over 160,000 views, so apparently I'm not the only one.
It shows different people from Texas, trying to pronounce names of Wisconsin cities. These city names, that come as second nature to us, are completely foreign to the Texans in this clip, making for a pretty funny video.
The video says it's done by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, so I'm curious if this was actually on the news at one point or if this clip just became popular once they threw it on YouTube.
With all of the Super Bowl hype going on, I thought this was a pretty funny clip. It has over 160,000 views, so apparently I'm not the only one.
It shows different people from Texas, trying to pronounce names of Wisconsin cities. These city names, that come as second nature to us, are completely foreign to the Texans in this clip, making for a pretty funny video.
The video says it's done by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, so I'm curious if this was actually on the news at one point or if this clip just became popular once they threw it on YouTube.
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