Social Net'g

Social Networking has become a colossal part of todays society. Corporations and individuals can utilize the tools to reach both a large audience and also a niche market. For example, in this article by David Carr, discusses how president Obama used facebook to reach his supporters on facebook and by email. This enables a much easier and frequent channel of reach. The benefit is the ability to be recieve information instantly no matter where we are since we now carry around these devices in our pockets. The dark side to this wealth of information is that literally anyone can log into a computer and stir up some trouble online. For example, this article by Kristina Grifantini explains that sometimes we rely too heavily on what the online community thinks. For example, we check rotten tomatoes for movie reviews and amazon for product reviews. What we fail to realize is that what is right for one person may not be for another. I think that in the future our brains will be connected to the infrastructure of the world and we will be connected  24/7. Think google glass, but as a part of our bodies.