The Asian Century

Posted by admin on June 13, 2012 at 2:59 pm | Filled Under: Society| No comments
Quite a number of the technocrats and computer wizards in Silicon Valley are Indian nationals. On another note, I read somewhere that top executive of multinational corporations are now Asians. In Asia, they used to import American professionals to teach English, who were labelled in history books as the “Thomasites” after the ship that carried them. Now it is American’s turn to import the region&



The Practice of Picture Profiling

Posted by admin on May 16, 2012 at 2:54 am | Filled Under: Social Media| No comments
I can’t believe that I’m actually browsing an album on Facebook of someone I don’t even know! Am I that stalky and obsessed, or just bored and curious and freakingly annoyed of my self? In case you think I’m the psychotic type, most of the time I actually spend my time hunting for coupon codes or browsing eBay. It’s just that sometimes, my brain tends to go on vacation, and looking at



The Washington Circus

Posted by admin on March 28, 2012 at 8:34 pm | Filled Under: Society| No comments
As I woke up the other day, I turned on the TV. While munching my daily bowl of tasteless (but healthy) bran, out popped Newt Gingrich on the screen outlining yet another of his “economic” policies designed to scale back the national deficit. At this point, I got up, too disgusted to finish my yummy bran. The people are tired and exasperated of economic instability because of a rotten political system.



3 Ways to Engage the Youth in Sustainable Development

Posted by admin on March 16, 2012 at 4:02 pm | Filled Under: Society| No comments
Today, there is increasing pressure for the youth to take an active part in societal issues and community- and nation-building. Unfortunately, at the same time today’s generation is also facing an increasingly commercialized world. Everywhere, the Internet and mass media bombards the youth with crass capitalism: ads for the latest Hollywood movie, video game coupons, fast cars and wild times battle for attent



Social Media Marketing Mythbusting

Posted by admin on February 21, 2012 at 6:08 am | Filled Under: Social Media| No comments
Social media is all the rage these days. It seems like no business – even the ones that sell odd products like food insurance – can get away with not having an online presence. It does offer more a wide range of benefits that most other marketing media do not. However, as anyone with any experience with social media and social networking would know, there are times when it isn’t all roses and sunshine. It



Digging up the Ol’ Religion Controversy

Posted by admin on January 31, 2012 at 8:08 am | Filled Under: Society| No comments
No lifetime in a Catholic school can help you when you have, and choose to use, your own brain. I mean, can somebody PLEASE EXPLAIN why using a condom during consensual sex will land you in HELL, but we’re supposed to pray for child rapists who don’t deserve the “indignity” of capital punishment and forgive child molesting priests? We send the former to prison cells with free foodm courtesy



The Stuff That Should Go On a Business Social Media Account

Posted by admin on December 19, 2011 at 12:22 am | Filled Under: Uncategorized| No comments
These days, it isn’t surprising for every last business in the world to have some sort of social networking account. It makes sense, considering just how much reach these networks can give a business. It allows them to tap into an impressive range of potential customers, going further than any other marketing media can. It also allows for real time updating, so the information presented is stagnant and outdat



How Social Media Helps Promote Health

Posted by admin on November 8, 2011 at 6:08 am | Filled Under: Social media tips| No comments
Health is one of the most interesting topics to talk about. There are just so many areas of it that are worth discussing.  And now that people have a growing concern over health, discussions or articles on health promotions abound. Print media like newspapers and magazines have long been talking about the bad effects of cigarettes on one’s health. Television and radio programs often discuss how to recover fr



Is Spending Money on Facebook Ads Worth It?

Posted by admin on November 4, 2011 at 2:18 am | Filled Under: Social media tips| No comments
Facebook is the most popular social networking site at the moment, with hundreds of millions of users from all over the globe. A massive meeting place for potential customers? No wonder marketers are coming up with more new media strategies that include Facebook ads and consider Facebook users. There are stories of people spending a couple of dollars promoting their products on the social site and gaining a couple



Navigate Social Media in an Effective and Manageable Way

Posted by admin on October 7, 2011 at 1:44 am | Filled Under: Social media tips| No comments
Social media can be overwhelming to new small business owners. Social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube can be quite confusing. Others who don’t have a clue about what to do or what not to do ended up screwing up the main purpose of social media. However, social media is not hard to navigate. All you need to do is select one site and start from there. Most businesses think that in order to



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