Business and the Internet
Monday, February 28, 20119:38 AM
I recently started a music school with several of my music loving friends, and I must say that we owe a lot to the Internet. The Internet has made it amazingly easy to advertise for our school. We have a page on facebook, a Twitter profile, a website, etc etc etc... People know about us before we have even printed any posters or banners or organized any campaigns to promote ourselves!
But of course, if advertising is easy for us, it is definitely easy for other music schools as well. I guess the trick lies in the knowledge of how to maximize the advantages of the Internet in the best way possible. Anybody knows how to use Twitter and Facebook, but whether they use it effectively is another thing.
My father is a good example of someone who does not know how to maximize the advantages of social networking sites to promote his business. He owns a dance school and has a facebook account for it. However, he retains his traditional mindset that "the Internet is a dangerous world and strange people might very much want to steal your private information and harm you." Therefore, his dance school's facebook profile is set to Private, and nobody else can see his profile except friends who have been vetted and added. As you can see in this scenario, the purpose of social networking for business is very much compromised.
On a side note, do feel free to like my music school's page here: http://www.facebook.com/thunderrockschool
and follow our Twitter here:
http://www.twitter.com/thunderrocksch
There! Maximizing the advantages of the internet by getting as many eyeballs on my school's page as possible! :D
Dial-Up
Tuesday, February 15, 20113:43 PM
I recall the year 2000 as we stepped into the 21st century. People around me were excited that we made it into the 2nd millenium. It signified milestones in technology, progress in society, and we thought we were the future.
At that time, almost every household had a computer and internet connection. We thought we were so modern and stuff, but we were still using dial-up.
It's funny now that we think about it, what with everyone connected to the internet with lightning quick broadband. Once upon a time, it took a person about 5 - 10 minutes to get connected. Now, we complain if we even have to wait for 30 seconds.
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The Internet
Monday, February 14, 20111:52 AM
The Internet is the new god. It has and still is changing our world drastically in so many ways, and this is undeniable. Today, it is easy for us to stay connected with all sorts of people from different walks of life. I know what Peter from NTU ate for lunch, simply because I met him once at an event and added him on Facebook. I also know that Sarah has just broken up with her boyfriend and is feeling suicidal right now. No she didn't confide in me. We didn't even talk to each other back in Secondary School. But I followed her on Twitter that's why.
The Internet is creating new cultures, breaking old boundaries, and building new ones. Just a few days ago, as I was having coffee with a group of close friends, one by one they started taking out their smart phones and became fixated on their phones even though they were surrounded physically by friends. Why? To surf the net of course.
The Internet has created a technophiliac culture, where mankind has forgotten about the importance of real life.
