Friday, November 27, 2009


Arianna Huffington has recently been called the “Queen of New Media.” Huffington is the creator and the editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and is also the author of 12 books. The Huffington Post is a blog for recent news, it is also one of the most widely read and linked blogs on the Internet. In 2006 Huffington made Times 100 most influential people list.
The Huffington Post is visited by an extreme number of 20 million viewers a month. Newspapers, however, are not a fan of Arianna Huffington. They blame her for the decline in newspapers today. She laughs at this accusation, saying that if The Huffington Post did not exist the popular newspapers today would still be having the same problems, and decline in followers.
Huffington did not always have it easy, she has constantly been accused of and called horrible things and people are always disagreeing with the different topics she writes about. Yet, she is looked highly upon in Washington and respected by her peers.
For this class I feel that Arianna Huffington is a great example of everything we are learning, especially since she has become famous via blogging. While we all may not always enjoy blogging she is a great person to look at how far it can get us if we really work at it. Maybe one day our blogs from this class will have 20 million viewers a month?

Friday, November 20, 2009


After class today I was very intrigued by what John Rice talked about. The new iPhone apps are extremely interesting. I went onto a Web Site that might very well be the same one John went on. It was labeled, "12 Future Apps For Your iPhone." While I do not own an iPhone some of the 12 new apps seemed very interesting and fun to use. Others, however, seemed very creepy and like we talked about in class, dangerous.
My favorite app was the, "Physical Social Networks" it was mentioned briefly in class and it stuck with me all day. I think it is such a good idea. It would be so easy for my roommates and I to know what we are getting ourselves into before we went out. The "Physical Social Networks" are a great way for friends to stay in touch and to let them know how you feel about certain places and things.
"People Tagging" is the app that I find to be extremely creepy. I don't know how I would feel if someone took a picture of me with their phone and I was immediately tagged without doing any work. They try making it sound like it will be a fun thing to do yet I don't see how it can be fun when people's privacy is at stake.

Thursday, November 12, 2009




I am a die-hard Philadelphia Phillies fan, and this years World Series was unlike one I have ever seen, and I am not talking about the baseball playing. This year's World Series became a stage for celebrities and athletes alike. Game one of the Phillies v. Yankees was the highest watched World Series game in five years, and Fox had the highest ratings every night there was a game on.
The thing that stood out in my mind the most, however, was the performance at the new Yankees Stadium by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, of "Empire State of Mind". Not only was it a great performance, it was almost unreal watching such huge artists perform at a World Series game. It reminded my of a half-time show at the Super Bowl. I thought it was great publicity for the actual baseball aspect of the World Series though, and wouldn't mind if every year was treated the same.