Escape app, please.

by Roger Pynn

 

 

Location-based technology is following me.  I can’t get away from it.  Now, even the news is following me.

Is it just me, or do we need an escape app?  I realize I can turn things off, but the urge to respond to every notification is driving me crazy.

And we wonder why people are texting while driving.

There is a Crisis Among Us

by Vianka McConville

In the last few days, Facebook has been targeted as a sexist company.  Ultraviolet, an online group with a mission to combat “sexism everywhere,” feels it is wrong that a woman does not sit on Facebook’s board and encourages the company to invite women to do so before it goes public in a few months.

As I write these words, Facebook may have already been presented with a petition of 58,000 people in support of Ultraviolet’s view.  There is a planned protest outside of Facebook’s headquarters in New York City Wednesday afternoon.  Facebook has not issued a response on their company website.

Mashable notes Facebook’s COO is Sheryl Sandberg, and she has some clout.  To me, Ultraviolet’s logical leap in accusations seems a bit stretched.  Their reasoning for Facebook to add women to the board is even less sound.  Comments on this article are few and mostly in question of the group’s intentions.  I’m sure Facebook (a large company that should know better) has a crisis plan for times like these (I hope).  Fifty-eight thousand people cannot go ignored.  Facebook has a unique opportunity to extinguish a flame before it goes viral. Addressing an issue is always easier than reigning in a backlash.

A YouTube Tip You Can Use

by Kim Taylor

Ever share a video and find yourself saying something like, “hey, this is a great video, but the important part is at the 2:23 mark.”  And then the person watching the video has to master the art of dragging that little status bar to exactly the right spot … awkward!

Save yourself that awkward moment with this handy tip.

Add #t= and the number of minutes/seconds (m s) to the end of the YouTube URL, create the new link and voila! Awkward crisis averted.

Let’s see this in action …

Original YouTube link:

http://youtu.be/x0EnhXn5boM

We love Eric Qualman’s stuff, but I really love this part at the 1:59 mark where he includes the Darth Vader Volkswagen commercial.

Edited YouTube link:

http://youtu.be/x0EnhXn5boM#t=1m59s

Cool, right?  Now, that’s a tip you can use!