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Brian & Melissa: Social Media Rows

Perhaps you've heard this trending story about Brian Presley (an actor) & Melissa (a model). (if not, here's a brief summation here ) via Huffington Post Just read David Amerland's piece, When Melissa Met Brian: A Lesson in Social Media Ethics over at Social Media Today. So, my take. Melissa started with the assumption that Brian was attempting to cheat on his wife with her and ran with that. In analysis, this seems an act of arrogance on her part. (The man in the seat next to you is talking to you. The only reason is he wants sleep with you?) Be that as it may, she unleashed the mindless reactivity of the internet. It's amazing how quickly that can get launched and how nearly impossible it is to put that "genie back in the bottle". Sure, it's important for us social media users to think before we post, but we should also consider thinking before acting on something we read. Always remember there are two sides to a story. (Mea cupla: I sa...

A Song That Launched A Thousand Memes

The young and effervescent Carly Rae Jepsen's cute toon, "Call Me Maybe" has been causing great delight within the interwebs. This PR firm in Jersey was featured on HuffPo , and my attention was caught. But then I found SMU's Womens' Crew Team... Which is apparently a reply to Harvard's Baseball Team's video... It's going a bit crazy on the YouTube... And (yes, 'and'...and my last bit here...), my chums at Vista Print have a "business" card you can hand out. I get a kick out of how a simple little song can inspire such a wave of creativity. Shows you another power of the internet! So, to close this out, here's the original tune...enjoy! (Hey, if this inspires you to craft something...leave me a note in the comments...)