Social Network could have been more fun, if they'd portrayed B's parties I LOVE YOU BGL

In 2003/4 I knew people writing code- and none of them sat in circles around computers taking shots when they finished a line. It wasn't Dewars. It was Absinthe. Maybe grain alcohol and hunch punch. When we moved to Miami, B and I made a pact that he would set up an entire networking system in the guest bedroom/office and if/when there was a server crash all I'd have to do is press a button.





In 2003 when my moms-friends-nephew Brandon told me that he and his manfriend Scott G. had started a social network for FSU students ONLY I said "OK I will check it out".

ItsyKalli was born.

Little did I know that the community of Noleweb would be so much cooler than Mark Zuckerberg's mess. We are still friends. We still support each other. We still love each other. We are there for each other. For a person who has opened the internet to billions of "friends" he has very few.



I learned moderating.

I learned analog HTML

I learned XML

I learned social media integration 6 years ago.

I knew that there would one day be a site that would overpower MySpace (which I still see as a hub for predators and pedophiles).

I knew one day there would be a portal to sign into and communicate with contacts through instant messaging (AIM application and AOL messaging would be no more).

I knew there would be a site that would ALLOW people to know WHO you are related to, working for, and where you are sleeping (geotargeted location finders and GPS no more!)



When Facebook popped at FSU I said "OK I will sign up". In 2004 I registered...I was living in Frog Pond way far out past Ocala and club Publix, hanging out with Rachel Gerber...avoiding the fact that in less than 2 semesters I would be graduating from college, with a degree in History and Social Science Education...not wanting to teach. I applied to FIU and told the graduate committee that I was passionate about teaching History at a collegiate level, and getting my PhD in Pan-African studies. HAHAHAHAHA (its 2010, I am still cracking up reading my LiveJournal entries about how much I hated Thomas Jefferson...even though professor Howard Rock at FIU is a phenomenal educator, it was the last thing I should have been taking- I was wasting a seat).



I went online. I saw on Monster.com that there was a media outlet hiring online and print media sales reps. I said OOOOH online sales rep, that's what Brandon and Scott were trying to develop into the Noleweb site, and I could so sell a ton of ad space. It was something OTHER than being a TA- grading thousands of Medieval History and Western European history papers at FIU HIS2000 level- this could cause ANYONE to want to work on the phone and going door to door. I learned how to sell the things we needed on Noleweb. For hours I would sit thinking and discussing how to grow my online marketing list. I understood that I could only grow if the site was growing. I knew that there had to be a way to get more attention for the site through other sites. I began publishing artwork and ad placement on Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist and Backpage- in addition to running their print and online banner ads/or emailed newsletter inclusions. I knew the only way to guarantee ROI was getting them as much bang for the buck...

I took the knowledge I had acquired on the inside of web production and said goodbye to Nolewebisms. I knew that with the growth of MySpace around the world, and the opening of Facebook to anyone that wanted to be a part of the sites network- there was no way that the site could stay fluid (especially with its founders far from Tallahassee, in body but not spirit). When Noleweb became a Fanpage and Group on Facebook I realized that the social media sphere was consolidating. People weren't MySpacing as much or posting anxiety filled posts on LiveJournal. They were microblogging on Facebook- saying what they were doing, and tagging people in pictures (and sending them free gifts).



When Facebook took Noleweb, or Noleweb gave it up to Facebook...we fell in line with hundreds of other micromedia sites that had at one time been the projects of nerdy coders and their collegiate roommates. Although "Social Media" was a great portrayal of what happened on this platform- it leads me to the next question- what is "popping" next.



I think that WHRRL will overpower FourSquare as a geolocator/check in game. I know that Bing is revolutionary. WHRRL is powered by Bing. Every time a person checks in with the WHRRL app, the business or checked in property is updated on BING. That means there is a record of reviews and audience- plus when people search through Bing they can see who is inside (eliminates the GPS'ing of your Ex?).

I think that GOOGLEME may one day be the biggest social media platform in existence.

When "You've Got Mail" reviews brought so much attention towards AOL it began to flounder- more .com's and startups gained press coverage through the media trying to discover what could be the next AOL.

There is no next AOL.

After AOL it became MySpace.

After MySpace it became Facebook.

Twitter falls somewhere in the gray middle- a place that is like Digg, a way to collate articles and microblog.

LiveJournal's heyday ended with the impromptu immediate updates one can make and reach out to their entire network through Facebook and Twitter connect! If you blog on Twitter it can stream right into your Facebook? Partnerships and working together as a social media time- genius!



I think that Facebook needs to clean up its act. I abuse this site as much as other social media consultants and HTML analog experts. BUT this site should not be used as a means of slandering or harming others. When AOL chatrooms caused children to feel ostracized and humiliated in the 1990's, AOL was banned from the school system. This can not be done with Facebook. Facebook is in their hands- their personal cellphones can reek havoc. Children are committing suicide- jealous men are tying women up and holding them captive- and employers are terminating individuals through their blatant misappropriation on this site. I personally disassociate with people that feel they are the reason for the season, or the target of my Facebooking.



Take a step back people...we should still be microblogging and using indy social media sites. I miss you Noleweb, you never had anyone badmouthing the ACC in my newsfeed.

Why aren't Republicans slamming PETA like they attacked ACORN? Facists.

http://current.com/items/92319574_peta-reportedly-killed-2-352-animals-in-2009-just-8-adoptions.htm

The appraiser must've been so pissed!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8566554.stm

MONORAIL!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/8-of-the-worlds-most-popu_n_491951.html#s73089

Jurassic Park did this...

http://current.com/items/92310699_extinct-elephant-bird-of-madagascar-could-live-again.htm

I love technology- Google has changed the world.

http://current.com/items/92312417_google-maps-adds-bike-lanes-and-directions.htm

WELL, thanks MSNBC I'm going to stop catching up on the news now

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35254750/ns/health-womens_health/

this proves a little that Vampires exist, I am still not going to get into that HBO show

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100226-vampires-venice-plague-skull-witches/

please support the American Museum of Natural History

many of you know that Pauline Goldberg Meisler (may she be remembered in peace) passed away in July of 2007. I grew up very lucky...my Nanny was the first woman to run the largest museum in the entire world.
http://www.amnh.org/join/
Please join in NY, NJ, Philly...this money benefits science, research, discovery...all things that my Nanny relished. Its important that every dollar that the museum raises in honor of Pauline Meisler is noted. Thank you!

Chag Purim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim

Earthquake #2 in Q1 of 2010...disaster for Latin America/Caribbean

http://current.com/items/92232958_8-8-magnitude-earthquake-off-the-coast-of-chile.htm

lonely

Jason is going to be OK he is still in the hospital but I miss him and I feel like all of the shady bad things that keep happening are omens that we need to run away
I feel violated so much theft
Boyfriend stolen
Car stolen
Posessions stolen

G-d I miss Livejournal

Curling

I'm sorry, but anything someone can do while 5 months pregnant should NOT be an Olympic sport. That is all.