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Don’t Tag Me, Bro

Saturday, April 7, 2012

I do my best to be positive in all my online interactions, but I have make an exception to my general online joviality to address a very obnoxious trend. It happens to me far too often for comfort, so I’ve decided to take a stand against this insidious practice. If we can defeat this evil, […]

Online Inequality: The Widening Content Gap

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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Normally, I love the brutal honesty and sheer madness of the internet, but there is one thing I’ve noticed that bothers me. There is an increasing disconnect between the people who create and disseminate content, and those who passively consume it. In many ways, the internet functions like a global economy. The only difference is that economies […]

Google is a Grumpy Old Man (And I’m Dating His Daughter)

Monday, March 26, 2012

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Ever since I started writing content for The Social Chic, I had to deal with something I always hoped I could avoid, Google. While I love using Google, as a website trying to attain visibility in an insanely competitive online world Google is a source of constant torment. The headaches of search optimization seem, at least to me, […]

What You Should Be Doing With Facebook’s Timeline for Pages

Sunday, March 4, 2012

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Facebook has finally rolled out timeline for pages. While I’ve seen a lot of people making a big noise about how this is a game changer for brands and companies, I feel that most of the chatter has been about cover picture branding and the more trivial aspects of the new format. Yes, the visual […]

Facebook’s Frictionless Sharing Is Bad For You

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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The term “slippery slope” gets thrown around a lot these days, but I feel that I’ve finally found a situation where it can be justly used. Facebook’s increasingly automatic sharing of users content is a troubling development for social media, and for more than the fact that you can now see just how many times your significant […]