Tag: facebook

How to travel across the country using only social media

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 25, 2012

Lindsay Rule is comfortable traveling by herself, which is unusual for a young single woman in today’s scary world.

Don’t get us wrong – it’s not that traveling by oneself that’s the scary part – it’s the way that Lindsay chose to do it that may have given her family and friends a bit of a scare.

On the other hand, if you think about what Lindsay did, she was probably traveling in the most safe way possible. She technically wasn’t traveling alone; she was bringing hundreds of eyes with her, watching her every move.

Tags facebook, How To, social media, Travel, twitter

Funny Internet

News flash: nobody can tell you’re being sarcastic via email (well, la-dee-freakin-dah)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 9, 2012

Have you ever written a quick text message, Twitter comment, or email to someone – intended to be a joke – and have it be completely misinterpreted?

There’s a reason why emoticons have become so widespread :) .

It’s because on the Internet, nobody can really tell if what they’re reading is supposed to be taken at face value or if it should be treated like a joke.

Tags comedy, facebook, How To, Internet, language, Party Talk, survey, twitter

Internet News

Some people would KILL not to be on Facebook. Literally.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 7, 2012

How many Web Watch readers are on Facebook?

Here’s a better question: how many Web Watch readers are NOT on Facebook?

Ah, that’s a bit more interesting. What better icebreaker for a room than to discuss reasons why someone has chosen not to be on Facebook. Are they missing out on anything from their friends or family? Do they not get invited to parties or see the latest vacation photos from their neighbors?

Some would argue that not being on Facebook is liberating. It can make you interact with people the way they were meant to be interacted with: in person, one-on-one.

You know, like we used to before Facebook came around.

But Web Watch has found a reason that you might want to reconsider your anti-Facebook stance:

Tags facebook, Internet, News

10 Things Gadgets Internet

60% of web surfing is done via a mobile device

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 23, 2012

Do you have an iPad, Android tablet, or netbook? Are you glued to your iPhone, Android device, or Blackberry?

Web Watch is going to take a wild guess that you’re not just using those devices for making phone calls or using them exclusively for business.

Tags facebook, gadget, game, Internet, Movies, twitter

How To Internet

When it comes to your privacy, Facebook stinks

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 22, 2012

By now, you’ve probably gotten used to all the privacy warnings about Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and other social media and online sites.

You’ve certainly heard all the news, even if you haven’t taken the time to actually do anything about it in your own life.

And maybe that’s okay. Maybe it all depends on your personal philosophy about what people can do with your personal information. They say that kids today don’t care as much about keeping things to themselves as their parents did at that same age.

Of course, all that openess could come back to bite those youngsters when they go out to find their first job — but that’s at least 10 years from now, right?

Tags 10 Things, facebook, Google, How To, Internet, Privacy, social media, twitter

News

TIL that you are who you hang out with

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 20, 2012

Web Watch has two questions for you today:

How many close, personal friends do you have in your Real Life?
How many close, personal friends do you have online?

The qualifier portion of these questions are really that “close” and “personal” portion. Everybody has dozens of acquaintances, people you know peripherally.

Friends of friends.

Spouses of friends.

Folks you see at the bar / soccer field / diner on a regular basis, enough to wave or say “hi” to, but not necessarily people you’d invite over for a bottle of wine.

Would they qualify as “close, personal” friends?

Tags facebook, parenting, Party Talk, Relationships

Disney shopping Websites

More Disney Princess Cosplay at Comic-Con

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 17, 2012

For the past few years, Web Watch has pointed out the sheer joy that SOME DISNEY PRINCESS FANS get by dressing up as their FAVORITE DISNEY PRINCESS character at the annual ComicCon convention in San Diego.

Oh yeah, and did we mention that they were dressed as their favorite SEXY DISNEY PRINCESS?

Thought we’d point that out.

Princess Arial costume for Adults