#com400

My live-tweeting obsession began over the summer after a marketing meeting I had through my internship where I was introduced to a new app called Viggle. It was mentioned in passing as the app that rewards people for watching television, which I do an insane amount of, so I knew I had to try it out. After I "checked in" to my first show by allowing the app to listen to my t.v. (creepy) I was given the option to "share" my check in on social media. When I decided to share my "check-in" on Twitter, the app formulates a tweet telling your followers what you're watching, and this is when I was formally introduced to the "official hashtag."

From then on I became obsessed with sharing my every thought about every show I was watching, even prompting complaints from some of my followers. 

Beginning this project was difficult because with so many aspects of social media and television, it was difficult to narrow our focus to one, if you will, thesis statement. My partner, Jose Moreno, and I decided to focus on how social media has changed the way people watch television.  

#SMTV from Joel Raneri

One of the most important aspects of this presentation was interviewing experts in the field of social media and television. My most accomplished interviewees was Alex Iskold, the CEO and Founder of GetGlue, one of the check-in apps we focused on. 

One of my favorite part of preparing this presentation was choosing different screen shots from some of my favorite shows using social media. Anyone who follows me on Twitter, knows there is no stopping me when it comes to live-tweeting my favorite shows, and especially live events, another topic we covered. 

Below you can see a Storify of our presentation as well as some awesome analytics among other things (Like a picture of the Google+ Hangout our team did with DR4WARD and Adelyn Biedenbach!)

This is the part where you have to (almost) bid goodbye to the good old days of being young, wild and carefree... Time flies so fast and months from now, we'll be facing the world extrinsic from what we imagined. I hope and pray that when that time comes, we'll have the courage and strength to take the risks and carry out our endeavors.

Say hello to my Com400/ PkgE classmates. I'm posting our photos earlier during our Com400 Final Interview just for the sake of updating this almost dying blog. Webcam has been our constant bff for the past few days.

This afternoon, my professor asked me questions I find absurd but they made me think more than answering a problem solving question. It's funny how the quote "Patience is love's security" made me think deep and I needed to deem in a short span of time. I'm assuming that she was referring to love for the opposite sex because it was followed by a question asking me if I am in a relationship. I can't really tell. And since I answered a frustrating NO (HAHAHA) she has to do a series of follow-up questions. And the final question was about my greatest fear. My greatest fear is the fear of not being able to meet the expectations of the people around me :)