Category Archives: Economy

If automation has been so successful, why are we still so stressed?

Ah, the future… during the 1950’s and 60’s the world experienced quantum leaps in productivity and technology and based on those advances, it became very popular to make predictions about where we’d be in the 2000’s. From jetpacks to robots, … Continue reading

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Will cost of liberal studies pay off in the long run?

I was recently asked if journalism should still be taught as listed courses among institutions, of course my initial response was yes, obviously because it is in my field of study. Then I thought about it in depth, and don’t … Continue reading

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Ben Wa Balls- Fifty Shades of Fun

Ever since the Fifty Shades Trilogy became a phenomenon in America, women everywhere have been flocking to the nearest adult shops to relive their “fifty shades” moment. One of the many toys Christian used on Ana were two silver balls … Continue reading

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Monetizing Your Future

For the average Internet and social media consumer, the main use of such platforms as Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook are for interacting, entertaining, and just killing time. However a lot of people don’t recognize that these websites are also huge … Continue reading

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A Business’s Biggest Threat in 2013: Social Media

While tackling the traffic during my commute to intern this morning I was listening to the radio, JAMN 94.5 to be exact.  Their morning show consists of a daily “Jam-Scam” in which one of the morning personalities plays a joke … Continue reading

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Farming For Connection: The Advent of Rural Internet

It’s amazing the rate at which we’ve adopted and utilized the Internet as a general tool to benefit our lives. The Internet has ushered in an age of online management, where anyone has the ability to micromanage their lives through … Continue reading

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Double-Checking: The Future of Editing

The magnitude of cutbacks in the printing industry is beginning to show in their product. Writing is the main staple of the printing industry, without it, they have no industry. In a society where more is better for less time, … Continue reading

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Do Media Outlets Really Have to Shock Us? Unfortunately They Do.

Arielle Emmett’s article, Too Graphic, discusses the feeling that some critics have been expressing lately with regards to the media’s seeming lack of taste or tact when displaying graphic images, especially in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti. Going … Continue reading

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Virtualization: ” The Optimal Solution For Today’s Environment “

     Technology influences just about every aspect of life.  Gone are the days of using super computers solely for government or business purposes.  Today we have personal computers, smart phones, iPods, GPS devices, and a host of other gadgets … Continue reading

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Personal Security and the Internet

Nowadays we do almost everything online, paying bills, shopping, managing finances; the list goes on.  With so much of our personal information out there in the virtual world, we put so much faith in the organizations that we deal with to keep our information confidential.   But … Continue reading

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