http://mediarosa.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://mediarosa.com/2010/07/grades-dont-drop-for-college-facebook-fiends/ http://mediarosa.com/2010/07/grades-dont-drop-for-college-facebook-fiends/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:39:21 +0000 http://mediarosa.com/2010/07/grades-dont-drop-for-college-facebook-fiends/ Students who use social networking sites don’t seem to suffer academically, according to research out of Northwestern University. In a recent paper titled “Predictors and consequences of differentiated practices on social network sites,” researchers found that heavy use of sites like Facebook and [...]]]> http://mediarosa.com/2010/07/grades-dont-drop-for-college-facebook-fiends/feed/ 0 http://mediarosa.com/2010/06/fastcompany-builds-them-up-then-knocks-facebook-down/ http://mediarosa.com/2010/06/fastcompany-builds-them-up-then-knocks-facebook-down/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:44:52 +0000 http://mediarosa.com/2010/06/fastcompany-builds-them-up-then-knocks-facebook-down/ Ideas magazine can’t seem to make up its mind about leading social network. Read the original post on PSFK ]]> http://mediarosa.com/2010/06/fastcompany-builds-them-up-then-knocks-facebook-down/feed/ 3 http://mediarosa.com/2010/05/understanding-the-latest-facebook-privacy-train-wreck/ http://mediarosa.com/2010/05/understanding-the-latest-facebook-privacy-train-wreck/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 16:55:57 +0000 http://mediarosa.com/2010/05/understanding-the-latest-facebook-privacy-train-wreck/ Facebook’s latest privacy problem should raise a few eyebrows. Facebook sharing “private” data in unexpected (and occasionally unwelcome) ways is nothing new, but this newest problem is unusual, in that it does something that Facebook’s lengthy (and oft-updated) privacy policy explicitly says should [...]]]> http://mediarosa.com/2010/05/understanding-the-latest-facebook-privacy-train-wreck/feed/ 0 http://mediarosa.com/2009/04/briefly-connected/ http://mediarosa.com/2009/04/briefly-connected/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:51:22 +0000 Jamie http://mediarosa.com/?p=285 Image by luc legay via Flickr Here’s a quick outline of the online tools I’m currently using. I’ve started, stopped, wiped out, and started this blog several times over the course of about 4 years. Don’t think that means that I’ve figured out the perfect toolset or that I even have a real handle on what [...]]]> http://mediarosa.com/2009/04/briefly-connected/feed/ 0 http://mediarosa.com/2009/04/toolbars-for-everyone/ http://mediarosa.com/2009/04/toolbars-for-everyone/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:39:55 +0000 Jamie http://mediarosa.com/?p=221 Image by Getty Images via Daylife I’ve had opportunity to try out Conduit.com to create a toolbar for a client. Conduit’s toolbar is easy to assemble, just create an account and select which features you want to add. RSS feeds, an email notifier, and weather are a couple of the items I started with. Now [...]]]> http://mediarosa.com/2009/04/toolbars-for-everyone/feed/ 0