When I was a new blogger, I went about trying to find new and inventive ways to promote my blog’s content. Through this endeavor, I stumbled upon something magnificent. No, I did not stumble upon StumbleUpon. Well, I did, but that’s not this story. I stumbled upon the Twitter account I’d created two years before [...]
I don’t like to consider myself an apathetic person. I mean, who wants to be all, “What up, Bitches? I’m LAZY.” Not me. That’s who. But in the process of hosting my very first party in five years, I realized something–I’ve gotten disgustingly apathetic. The old me is shaking her head right now as the [...]
The internet can be hotbed of frustration and anger, ranging from wanting-to-throw-the-laptop-over-the-balcony rage to slight growls of annoyance. Here’s a list of things that annoy the hell out of me online: Advertisements. I’m not just talking about those annoying pop-ups or the even more annoying videos that launch themselves and make you jump [...]
Everything I need is right in front of me in screen form, so I had no reason to even take interest in the rumors I’d recently been seeing posted on blogs, tweeted on Twitter, updated on Facebook. The 2D people I knew online were hinting at something special. There was secret talk, Facebook status updates [...]
Over the course of a blogging career, there certain things that we will likely all encounter. Spam, for instance, is almost sure to find its way into your inbox. Similarly, it is almost inevitable that you will eventually get a comment that accuses you of being less than human. This comment will both hurt you [...]
It’s kind of hard to tell, but this is me wanting all the best for the next generation.
Buck up, young narcissists, because it’ll get far worse than this before it gets better.
Everyone’s read a friend’s status update and thought, “God, their life is so much better than mine.” No, it’s not – they’re just better at making you feel like it is. So pull your head out of that oven and let me teach you to craft an update that’ll have Rachel from Tennis Camp weeping [...]
There have been a lot of “lists” on Twitter. They inevitably turn into popularity contests and who’s the prom queen and king. It seemed it was time for Aiming Low to throw it’s trucker cap into the ring and come up with a list of our own. *this list was very scientifically formulated and the [...]
Of all the ways that social media can make you feel crappy and rotten about yourself, Klout has reached new lows. Klout claims to measure your ability to drive traffic on the web by ranking you against your friends so you can relive all that painful, cliquey high school angst when you determine that everyone you love [...]
There’s very little I like more than fall. Okay, that’s a lie. I like Hostess Orange Cuppy-Cakes, the color blue, happy pants, Diet Coke, and Being Right much more than I like fall. Or really, anything. Alas, I digress. It’s fall here in the Midwest, which means the trees are turning red against the most [...]
Let me start by saying I generally shy away from didactic lists of what to do and not to do online. I hate reading “helpful,” condescending missives about Twitter etiquette (“Don’t complain! I will unfollow you faster that you can type #firstworldproblems!”) and how to get more blog traffic (“Just write every single day, come [...]
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