Our second podcast (running time: 18 minutes and 7 seconds) is on Social Media Haters. Subtitled, "Maybe the Problem is You", or "STOP HITTING YOURSELF IN THE FACE WITH A HAMMER".
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No time to listen? Yeah, we got a little yappy and went over 15 minutes (we're going to keep it under 15 whenever possible). Here are the highlights:
Lately, like there's been a whole lot of hatin' going on with Twitter, not to mention the total pop culture explosion. Now that Ellen, Demi, Ashton and Britney are tweeters (and Jon Stewart and Barbara Walters are talking about it), it's undergoing an interesting new level of scrutiny.
What's interesting is that most of the haters haven't given these tools more than a cursory glance before dismissing them. We argue that there is value beyond these negative perceptions, and that if the tools seem useless it might be that the people using them are, well...tools.
That's not to say there aren't some boring people on Facebook or Twitter, but there are boring people everywhere. Choose your (Facebook) friends and (Twitter) followers carefully, and perhaps you'll find something worthwhile.
Joe Soucheray of the St. Paul Pioneer Press says Twitter is "nothing."
Matt Labash of The Weekly Standard says Facebook is "mind-numbingly dull." We think the problem might be him (or his wife).
MSNBC: Twitter Nation: Nobody cares what you're doing. NOT TRUE! My mom totally follows me on Twitter.
Gawker rounds up a bunch of sources that say we're all a bunch of insecure narcissists. (Duh.)
Barbara Walters (tries to) define Twitter. Favorite quote: "Why do people want to be on MyFace?" I don't know, Barbara. Why do people want to be on your face?
Old man Stewart shakes his fist at Twitter.
Twitter founders, Ev and Biz, on last week's Talk of the Nation on NPR.
Our second podcast was recorded at Clockwork World Headquarters in a carpeted room (to try to keep the echoes to a minimum). Worked pretty well, but next time we need to be closer to the Snowflake. Edited by Meghan with GarageBand with a bit of post-production help from Michael Koppelman (@lolife). Tweaked the intro a bit this time around based on feedback from the last one. Your thoughts and feedback are welcome, either in the comments below or at info [at] geekgirlsguide [dot] com. Thanks for listening!
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