January 2011
4 posts
Is Facebook Shutting Down? Or Is it Just Another...
This video shows four interviews with various people asking their opinion concerning the recent news, or if I may say rumor, that Facebook is shutting down on March 15. It all started with a website called Weekly World News, when it said that “users will no longer be able to access their Facebook account” starting March 15, because “managing the site has become too stressful.” The news spread...
Social Media Usage Varying Among Different Age...
In this video I interviewed three people, each from a different age group, but all use social media. Each one of them reverts to a certain kind of social network, one which he/she perceives as relevant to his life style. They lean towards what they feel fits into and improves their daily life in a way or another. This interview helps us realize how important social media has become these days, not...
December 2010
3 posts
Real vs Virtual
Many people fear to communicate with others via Internet due to the cover up that it provides. The idea of talking to someone from behind a screen, and not being sure if the information he is giving about himself is a 100 percent true is unacceptable to some. But if you come to think about it, when can you ever be a 100 percent sure!? When you meet someone for the first time, or to be more fair...
Gowalla
Gowalla a location-based social networking service, helps you keep up with your friends and share your favorite places. By singing in you get a Gowalla passport, and it gets stamped each time you check into a new place. It is very similar to foursquare but instead offers pins instead of badges when rewarded for checking into several places. In Gowalla you can actually take pictures of the places...
Personal intake on Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of the social networking site Face Book, gave recently 60 minutes a long interview (20 minutes of the program’s time) on how it all first began and the new “face lift” that Face Book got. According to what I saw in the interview, Zuckerberg doesn’t seem very confident in his answers especially when he is answering tough questions. Zuckerberg...
November 2010
7 posts
"mich1mich" on her experience with twitter
Michelle or more known as “mich1mich” her name on twitter, a longtime journalist talks about her experience in exploring the world of social media, on Wednesday 24 at the LAU Social Media class. Michelle explains how she was first introduced to the world of Twitter, Facebook, and the whole technological aspect of the Internet. She said she never considered herself as a person that is...
Foursquare
About Foursquare, I’m really having a lot of difficulties in signing into the program! I downloaded it, and tried to check from five different places over and over again, but each time it doesn’t work out. It’s taking me a lot of time to check in, and I actually do, I automatically go back to the log in page. I’m going to try again today and hopefully it will work out....
A Spite House right here in Lebanon!
Did someone ever tick you off to an extent that you build a whole house just to spite him!? Well apparently some did! Spite houses are basically houses or buildings that are built to spite someone else on purpose. This someone is usually the neighbor. Such houses are rare to find, and mostly serve as obstructions, blocking out light or access to neighboring buildings. In our case its blocking...
October 2010
4 posts
In Lebanon hundreds turn out to celebrate German...
Hundreds of Germans living in Lebanon went to the 20th anniversary of German Unity (German National Day), at the Movenpick Hotel with a reception and a performance by the German Navy Band “Baltic Sea.” Among those present at the celebration were the German Ambassador to Lebanon.
Pre Elections Preparations on LAU Campus
Every political party at LAU started it’s preparations before the annual elections. Each is placing its own stand in the University’s campus, and selling tickets for their annual event, which is a formal dinner organized by the representers of every party.
Healthy Diet
A healthy diet starts with creating a new way of life!