For the next 12 months or so I will be on a new journey in life. I will be living in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and sharing my experiences in and around this country with you. It is sure to be interesting, challenging, and a life experience I am certain I will never forget.

Ironically, I arrived here in Transylvania on what we Americans would consider Halloween. Since we were ghouling it up back home, I was certain this was going to be a spooky experience. Instead it was an observance of All Saint’s Day and many centuries old traditions as every year on November 1st people gather to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

I’ve been here for just a few short weeks so far and already I am starting to settle into things. Tonight I was hoping that was Madame Butterfly at the Romanian National Opera House, but my schedule didn’t work out for me. But there will be plenty of time for this. Not to mention black sea resort, ski resorts, medieval towns, castles and fortresses, deep forests, volcanic mountain chain, the Danube River, national parks, and world heritage sites. Yes, there is plenty to explore here and I hope to share it all with you here.

Pa! (bye)

After delving into the world of ‘online everything’ for a current project, I’ve become convinced that online is still very much the land of the technologically observant.

Whilst shifting through a sea of ‘current trends’ for 2009, and some which supposedly hit as early as 2006…it has become apparent that for the ‘light web citizen’ whos network extends only so far as Facebook and a historic MySpace account, the web is still foreign ground.

The number of ‘trends’ who’s names seem yet to escape from the virtual world of html are enormous, possibly due to a vast quantity of tools, apps and concepts which are novel is nothing more. These trends exceed needs of those who dip into the virtual to research, catch up on missed sitcoms and chat to real friends, and I guess that’s why I missed them.

Favourite Newly Found Trends:

Lifecasting (thought I’m not a fan of screencasting! :/)

Placeshifting

Real Time Everything

Hyperconnectivity!!

And an old trend….

….warmbodies! Bring back OFFline. http://trendwatching.com/trends/offon.htm

A mothers love for her son

I have just dropped off four hand lifecasts of an 18, 11 and 7 year old girls and hand and foot cast of their 2 weeks old brother, sorry no piccies but hopefully if I get recent job of cupped hands of an adult to be a garden feature – I’ll definately get some pics of that!

Enjoy !

Web 2.0 is often championed, and derided, for its power to reinvent or repackage yourself into a more appealing persona online. Our Facebook profiles, Twitter feeds, and video game avatars are carefully managed collections of our real world identities. We post information all the time, but usually only the things that project the personal image and experiences we want the world to see.

But what if the age of “always-on” Internet took this trend of semi-fictional identities back in the other direction? What if it actively prevented the act of inflating our real selves, or put a halt to the time-honored tradition of spinning dull memories into lively stories?

This would be the result if the ever-growing trend of lifecasting reaches it’s logical conclusion — cameras documenting and storing every moment of your life.

As we learned in class today, this possibility is not far off with regards to technology. It will soon be affordable to own enough data storage space to house every conservation in a lifetime. Wearable devices with tiny cameras should also be available to the general public within the next few years, making it possible to record and then archive every single moment.

Imagine how this would fundamentally warp the concept of memory. Last week my class visited a living museum to find physical symbols linking to our abstract memories. This week a different class teaches us that this whole process could be obsolete. Instead of unlocking past experiences in the deep corners of our minds, we just type in a time and date and watch the recorded footage word-for-word.

An informal poll of the class indicated a strong aversion for this method. Why would we want to dull our personal history by recording it in all its mundane detail? Why would we want to ever rewatch those experiences?

But already people record and share every bit of info they can on their children. When talking about our own youth, we often share a longing to relive a wonderful memory of a special moment, or go back and appreciate something we took for granted the first time around.

Recording an entire life holds that potential, and it will be interesting to see how popular this option becomes once the technology makes it possible. With those recordings comes the security that no part of life will ever fade or be forgotten. But the interpretive quality of memory that makes it so romantic a concept in the first place would be unequivocably lost in the process

Hi all, after months and months of hard work, I’m pleased to say that my new imprint kits are now online, fantastic gift ideas for christmas or a precious keepsake for Grandparent or relatives. Inkless imprints, Clay Imprint kits (air drying), 3D casting kits and pregnant belly casting kits with a fantastic range of frames – all at very reasonable prices. Please see http://www.impala-impressions.co.uk for details. These are selling fast so get in there early for the most treasured gift for yourself, family or friends.

September is a time that evokes contemplation.

It is a time of new beginnings; kids start school, college or their first jobs. September is the beginning of the critical 4^th qtr business cycle. And in September the Jewish New Year process (all 8 weeks of it starting with Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippor 10 days later to the final capstone of the New Year’s process with the 8-day holiday Sukkoth) occupies a fair amount of one’s waking time.

All this change and transition drives contemplation. Hence my silence for the last few weeks. But with contemplation comes inspiration and new potential to drive progress.

So what have I been thinking about?

I have been thinking about connections and how people connect in today’s super-hyped connected, digitized, info  saturated world. I have been thinking about how Judy Consumer within a mere few years has had to absorb an astonishing amount “new” connection possibilities … from friends finding her (many of whom she would have rather not found her), to strangers claiming to be her friends to insta-info with Twitter and so on.

How does she think about all this connectivity? Who does she trust to start a connection with? Which connections are helpful or dangerous? When should Judy Consumer be visible to the open, social world and when should she guard her privacy?

It seems that communications innovation engine is coming at Judy Consumer at an accelerated rate – kinda like a mini version of Kurzweil’s “knee of the curve” principle outlined in the book, The Singularity is Near. In communications technology, we ain’t seen nothing yet. The new, mobile applications or the new expanding lifecasting capability from the social networking folks open a whole new horizon of connection capability for Judy Consumer.

New beginnings – you bet. But “fasten your seat belts – it’s going to be a bumpy ride”…

Judy Shapiro

www.twitter.com/judyshapiro

Impala Impressions will be exhibiting at the following events:

Tuesday 29th September 2009
Baby Bea, Mill Yard, West Malling
10.00am – 2.00pm Come along to this wonderful baby boutique and get you baby casting done whilst you are browsing.

Saturday 7th November 2009
NCT Beckenham Christmas Fair – St John’s
2.30pm – 4.30 pm Hall, 251 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham

Sunday 15th November 2009
The Designer Baby Show –
10.00am – 5.00pm Spirit Conference & Exhibition Centre. Our venue is very close to Windsor & Eton and just off to the M25 (Heathrow) See www.thedesignerbabyshow.co.uk for details
For directions click on map

Sunday 22nd November 2009
The Baby Fair – Northampton
10am – 4pm Northampton Saints Rugby Ground See http://www.baby-fair.co.uk/northampton/index.html for details.

Saturday 5th December & Sunday 6th December 2009
The Hop Farm Christmas Market alongside Santas
Magical Kingdom. The Hop Farm Paddock Wood 10.00am – 8.00pm Kent. TN12 6PY. See www.thehopfarm.co.uk for details.

Don’t forget to come along to either purchase baby casting kits for wonderful Christmas gifts or get a casting done of your baby on the day (baby bea date and northampton date only)

Impala Impression baby casting kits will be exhibiting at the christmas Fair on Saturday 7th November, 2.30pm – 4.30pm @ St John’s Hall, 251 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham – don’t miss out on mulled wine and mincepies. See www.impala-impressions.co.uk for more details.

See you there!

El servicio Lifecasting permitirá al usuario actualizar su ubicación y estado en su Facebook a través de una cuenta Nokia Ovi.

Nokia y Facebook se unen contra Apple

Nokia anunció que llegó a un acuerdo con Facebook para lanzar el nuevo servicio Lifecasting, por medio del cual el usuario podrá actualizar su ubicación y su estado directamente en la página de la red social a través de una cuenta Nokia Ovi.

El primer teléfono que contará con el servicio Lifecasting será el modelo N97, móvil con una pantalla de 3.2 pulgadas que saldrá a la venta en octubre próximo a un precio de 450 euros en Europa.

La empresa de investigación Móvil CCS Insight señala que este acuerdo acerca a Nokia al nivel de Apple y RIM.

Nokia también informó del lanzamiento de su nuevo modelo de alto nivel N900, el que tendrá funciones similares a una computadora y que usará el programa Linux. Su precio será 500 euros en Europa.

La alianza entre el fabricante y Facebook abrirá nuevas oportunidades de marketing móvil ya que entre las aplicaciones accesibles los usuarios podrán buscar servicios cercanos para comer o comprar.

La estrategia del fabricante de móviles es mantener su cuota de mercado, actualmente 37% a nivel mundial además de mantenerse como líder en cuanto a telefonía móvil.

Por otro lado, la empresa persigue acceder a sectores medios adaptando sus precios.

Nota Original: Nokia y Facebook se unen contra Apple

Fuente: Altonivel.com.mx
www.altonivel.com.mx

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El servicio Lifecasting permitirá al usuario actualizar su ubicación y estado en su Facebook a través de una cuenta Nokia Ovi.

  
Nokia anunció que llegó a un acuerdo con Facebook para lanzar el nuevo servicio Lifecasting, por medio del cual el usuario podrá actualizar su ubicación y su estado directamente en la página de la red social a través de una cuenta Nokia Ovi.

El primer teléfono que contará con el servicio Lifecasting será el modelo N97, móvil con una pantalla de 3.2 pulgadas que saldrá a la venta en octubre próximo a un precio de 450 euros en Europa.

La empresa de investigación Móvil CCS Insight señala que este acuerdo acerca a Nokia al nivel de Apple y RIM.

Nokia también informó del lanzamiento de su nuevo modelo de alto nivel N900, el que tendrá funciones similares a una computadora y que usará el programa Linux. Su precio será 500 euros en Europa.

La alianza entre el fabricante y Facebook abrirá nuevas oportunidades de marketing móvil ya que entre las aplicaciones accesibles los usuarios podrán buscar servicios cercanos para comer o comprar.

La estrategia del fabricante de móviles es mantener su cuota de mercado, actualmente 37% a nivel mundial además de mantenerse como líder en cuanto a telefonía móvil.

Por otro lado, la empresa persigue acceder a sectores medios adaptando sus precios.
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The first day of the two-day event Nokia World 2009 was flagged off at Stuttgart, Germany with President and CEO of Nokia Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo talking about So-Lo, or Social Location merging with social networking. Nokia launched So-Lo, a concept of merging contacts with physical location at Nokia World 2008. This has finally turned to reality with a partnership with Facebook for Ovi Lifecasting. “The phrase ‘Where are you?’ has become as significant as ‘How are you?’,” said Kallasvuo.

Nokia Maps and Facebook have partnered to offer Lifecasting, which appears to be a widget of sorts that will enable “rich presence” on the social network, allowing users to reveal their whereabouts on Facebook Mobile. Users will need to sign up with Ovi to access it. It only available on N97 handsets for now, unfortunately. You can catch the lifecasting video below:

Lifecasting started as concept some years back…with justin.tv being one of the first exponents. Thanks to the mobile device today, you do not have to go around with a camera strapped to your head.

Olipa vahva esitys Nokialta tänään Nokia World tapahtumassa ja kun otetaan vielä huomioon nuo viime viikolla tehdyt etukäteisjulkistukset niin tuloksena on kaikkien aikojen Nokian julkistustilaisuus.  “We are fighting back. We are attacking!!” tokaisi Vanjoki. Julkistetut laitteet olivat kaikki hyvän näköisiä, fiitserit ovat kohdallaan ja painotus oli kosketusluureissa, joita ovat N97 Mini ja X6. N97 Mini (470 euroa) on, kuten nimikin sanoo, hieman pienemmän kokoinen ja halvempi N97. Ja X6 on Nokian ensimmäinen kapasitiivisella kosketusnäytöllä varustettu ja  vain 13.8 mm paksu hiplainluuri. Musiikkia tuo coolin näköinen 5800 jatkomalli pystyy soittamaan 35 tuntia putkeen ennenkuin akku kuivuu, muistia on 32GB ja Nokia aikoo myydä sitä pelkästään Comes With Music palveluun kytkettynä kokonaishinnalla 459 euroa.

S40 pohjainen X3, joka sekin on kytketty Comes With Music palveluun, on hyvän näköinen luuri sekin ja uskomattoman halpa 115 euron kokonaishinnalla.

Muutamia poimintoja tapahtumasta:

• 55 miljoonaa aktiivista Ovi käyttäjää
• 27 operaattoria tukee Ovi Storea
• N97:ää ja 5800:ta myyty yhteensä 10 miljoonaa 10 kuukaudessa. Kolmessa viime kuukaudessa 5 miljoonaa joten vauhti kiihtyy
• N97 on myynyt tähän asti 2 miljoonaa kappaletta ja se onkin aloittanut paremmin kuin Nokian erittäin suosittu N95 luuri aikanaan. Myynnin kasvu onkin ollut aivan hurjaa kun Kauppalehden roskajutun mukaan laitetta oli myyty puoli miljoonaa 14.8 mennessä. No joo tämä oli kuitti Kauppalehden suuntaan. Mielenkiinnolla odotan juttua kuinka kahdessa viikossa on myynnin kasvu kiihtynyt
• N97:aan tulee 2.0 sw päivitys lähiaikoina joka parantaa luuria entisestään
• Nokia 3G Bookletin hinta on 575 euroa
• Vanjoki mainitsi että N900 on se neljäs askel viiden askeleen portaikossa joka johtaa täydelliseen mobiilitietokoneeseen. Ensimmäinen askel oli Nokia 770., toinen N800 ja kolmas N810. Se viides askel lienee Maemo Harmattan pohjainen mobiilitietokone.
• AT&T:lle julkaistiin myös Mural-niminen luuri.

Alla esittelyvideo Nokia 3G Bookletistä:

Minusta Nokian tuotepaletti on nyt erittäin hyvässä kunnossa loppuvuotta ajatellen. Toisin kuin Tero Kuittinen ja muutama muu analyytikko arvelee. Erilaisia kosketusluureja on 4Q:lla myynnissä 7 kappaletta (N97, N97 mini, N900, 5800, 5530, 5230, X6). Nätisti erilaisissa hintaryhmissä. Osassa hw-näppis, osassa virtuaalinen näppis. Erikokoisina ja erilaisiin käyttötarkoituksiin. On kapasitiivista ja resistiivistä näyttöä. Ainoa mikä oikeastaan puuttuu on E-sarjan hiplainluuri hyvällä näppiksellä. Nokia ehkä tuli myöhässä hiplainkisaan mutta kun se sinne päätti mennä niin jälki tulee olemaan kilpailijoiden kannalta murheellista.

Ja kyse ei ole pelkistä laitteista vaan palveluista ja niiden muodostamasta kokonaisuudesta. Ovi palvelut ovat hyvin mukana noissa uutuuksissa. Comes With Music saa uusien luurien myötä hyvää boostia ja Spotify-palveluun verrattuna siinä on se hyvä puoli että se musa on käytettävissä silloinkin kun ei ole yhteyttä internetiin. Facebookin kanssa tehdään yhteistyötä kuten tästä videosta näkee:

Ovi Maps palvelu kehittyy edelleen. Esittely hienosti suomalaisessa desingtuolissa:

Messaging palvelukin paranee. Kannattaa muuten katsoa tuo OPK:n ja Anssi Vanjoen keynote esitys. Sekä myös Navteqin CEO:n Larry Kaplanin keynote seuraavan sukupolven kartoista. Nokian kurssi laski tänään 0.74% mutta tänään oli jälleen laaja laskupäivä. Julkistukset ja Nokian kommunikoima suunta ovat nyt oikeat ja sitä kurssinousua on lupa odottaa tulevaisuutta. Niin, hitto, huomennahan tuo Nokia World vielä jatkuu

Laitoin N900:n ennakkotilaukseen tänään kun hintakin on vain 599 euroa. Maltan tuskin odottaa…

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Nokia Betalabs have just released a new version of OVI Maps and a new OVI Lifecasting application for the N97.

Instructions and files are all available from Nokia Betalabs CLICK HERE

Impala Impressions is excited to announce their first casting day in Baby Bea, a unique baby boutique in West Malling, Kent. See http://www.babybea.co.uk for directions and http://www.impala-impressions.co.uk for details of castings and prices which start at £55.00.

Castings will start at 10.00am until last casting at 4.00pm and we hope to see you there.

On another note, I spent the morning on my home visits, starting in Romford, Essex where I met Kate, her husband and the gorgeous Aaron, 6 months. He was an absolute star and Kate and her husband really gave me something to smile about, such a bubbly, friendly couple that I can’t wait to see them again when I deliver Aarons cast back to them!

Don’t forget to book your home casting sessions (Kent only)(and some parts of Essex within reason) for a professional, friendly and very competitvely priced service. Just see our website www.impala-impressions.co.uk or call Justine on 01732-521537 for details or to look at buying a baby casting kit to do this exciting and very rewarding art yourself.

Yes, I was contacted and asked to feature in Vogue Magazine, something I couldn’t turn down!
So take a look page 189 for the Impala Impressions feature and don’t forget to visit our website for superb gifts for newborns, christenings or just a simple treat for yourself to go on your wall.
http://www.impala-impressions.co.uk

Just pick up one of your copies in any childrens soft play, library, nursery etc…….. this magazine is a great read from cover to cover. Impala Impressions is featured in the Summer issue 11 and as the cover says it IS packed full of essential information and very useful too.

Advertising rates are very good value and dealing with ABC has been a pleasure, no pressure sales, babble just honest, friendly telephone/emails regarding my feature.

I’m very happy with my feature.

See http://www.abcmag.co.uk for more details.

Dont’ forget to check out my feature!

Watch live video from starburytv on Justin.tv

Check out the link above to see Starbury in all his glory. I’ve been glued to this ever since I saw it on Deadspin. Stephon Marbury has always been known to go crazy now and then, but this might confirm it. I’ve seen him talk about seeing Jesus in the shower, dance around in a towel to Drake, yell that people were trying to put him in a box, and jump backwards into his pool. Strangely, I think I’m actually a Stephon Marbury FAN now. Maybe he’s a genius after all…..

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve most likely heard of Twitter.

Several of the major news organizations like CNN, ABC etc., are using social media tools and if you’ve followed updates over the last week on the Iran election, Twitter has been singled out as a major cyber-sympathizer source to help dodge government censorship.

I’ve had a number of people ask me about Twitter, why it matters and why use it.  To be candid I was slow in adopting the technology for the blog, because I wasn’t sure of the time commitment and the whole “life casting” gig wasn’t all that interesting to me.  However, over the last 6 months I have put some energy into understanding the technology and have been somewhat consistent in updating.  I find it curious that for all of its social media self-promotion and skills, Harley-Davidson corporate doesn’t effectively use the Twitter tool.   A few dealers are trying it and I’ve provided a few thoughts/suggestions below on how bloggers or H-D can leverage and improve relationships with their core audience.

First the what:  Twitter is a “microblogging” tool (it’s technical infrastructure is sometimes referred to as a “platform”) that lets people post short (140 character) messages, called “tweets” to the Web. Twitter exists somewhere in the space between RSS, chat, e-mail (publically viewable), blogs, and forums.

Next is to make sure you’re current on the vernacular of the technology or Twitter “language” — a “tweet” is a Twitter post.  Once you post your “tweet” onto the Twittersphere, users who elect to “follow” you will be updated with your new pearl of wisdom that you just posted.  The best way to really understand Twitter is to sign up for it and just start playing with it. Go to Twitter and create a twitter account.  If you run a blog my suggestion is to make sure and take the time to create a customized or branded profile. Include links to your site or let’s say if you’re a motorcycle dealer include links to your e-commerce or dealership website. Twitter’s help site, will provide an understanding of all that you can do with it.

For example one AZ-based motorcycle dealer has tasked the community relationship manager with the job of posting and managing followers.  Next is to publicize your Twitter ID (mine is macrant) and encourage people who visit your blog or your motorcycle shop/web site to sign up for Twitter and follow you.   I’ve seen folks put Twitter ID on printed receipts and business cards as well as have a “Follow Us” link to their website or in e-mail marketing.  The point is that Twitter is a tool through which subscribers can further reach their audiences, real-time.  Your followers can hear and express thought leadership, broadcast their messages, connect to influencers in the industry both on their desktop and via mobile devices.

As you surf Twitter you’ll note the @ symbol in tweets. This is a method for referencing or replying to another Twitter user.  Mine is @macrant.  Another symbol you will see is #.   This is a trick that folks use to tag or categorize post content. Example: #harley, #motorcycle or #harley-davidson.   Another convention you’ll see is RT or ReTweet. If you’ve read something interesting and want others to view it, you RT it.  For example this would look like: RT @macrant “Posted a great article for #harley fans on how to leverage #twitter.”

Is Twitter for everyone?  No.  There’s a lot of crap people need to wade through on the internet.  But, as an emerging platform with a lot of technical infrastructure it’s another opportunity to build relationships and build a media-savvy blog or brand. To get more out of it I suggest you use some of the Twitter clients. I use Nambu, but two other widely used Twitter clients are Twhirl and Tweetdeck.  These apps allow you to view or analyze what is called real-time twit-streams.  These are the Twitter posts in real time.  A couple other apps you may want to investigate is Twist to track trends or keywords and Twitscoop to see which terms are getting more views or being reference in the Twittersphere.  In addition there is an easy-to-use image tool: Twitpic that lets you post pictures through Twitter.

Because you are limited to 140 characters in a post, it’s hard to enter long urls when you want to direct people to a certain site or page. The solution is to use a URL-shortening service. One service is TinyURL which is popular, but there are many more which you can view at: http://tinyurl.com/yp8cba/ There’s even a user-generated directory at WeFollow where you simply tweet to @wefollow with 3 different categories to get listed.

Now the question is how can I use this to promote my blog or make more $$$ in my motorcycle shop? You can post tweets to your blog or other relevant information which may help drive traffic.  On the dealer e-commerce side, you can tweet to your followers when you add new, cool products to your website which will help drive traffic and potentially sales.   As a motorcycle dealer you could run RT-based contests. Tell people that if they re-tweet a product detail page or blog post they have a chance to win a prize.  You can follow this link http://tinyurl.com/cg8euq/ for a Google search on “re-tweet contests” to get some ideas. You can publicize Web discounts or in-store specials that are good with a code that you tweet. This gives people motivation to follow you.

As a blogger you’ll want to build a social media ecosystem with Twitter that points people to your blog posts, and a blog link pointing people to your Twitter ID.  When people follow or RT you, it’s protocol to thank them via a direct message or publicly via an @reply. If relevant, don’t forget to follow them back.  It’s important to do frequent searches on Twitter for your blog or company name to keep track of what people are saying about you or the company.  Here are 10 key points to help get you started:

1. Pushy sales can make people avoid you. You’re using Twitter to build relationships with an audience, so be personal and genuine.
2. Try a personal account and get familiar with it before jumping in on your blog or for a business.
3. Select a Twitter username/ID that is catchy and matches your blog “brand” or company.
4. Twitter needs to be used regularly to maintain interest across the community.
5. Profile customization will support your blog brand or company.
6. Note to H-D Dealer’s  – try enticing people to follow you with Twitter-only deals.
7. Stay up-to-date with blog/website analytics to measure traffic from Twitter and gauge its effectiveness.
8. Publicize your Twitter ID everywhere: On posters, flyers, business cards, e-mails, forum signatures, etc.
9. Make sure you follow the manufactures, motorcycle racers and other personalities that matter to your blog/business and your audience.
10. Post tweets to products and categories to help build traffic.

There you have it.  I hope the information was helpful.

If you’re the type of person who feel great “tweets” only come from birds after motorcycle riding and camping in the great outdoors then you’re an unlikely candidate for Twitter.  However, if you’re curious about driving blog or dealer traffic then I invite you to follow me on twitter @macrant and/or try it.

Finally it’s memo to H-D time:  step up the Twitter activity to reach out to your core audience and engage people in a deeper conversation.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.

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With the growing popularity of YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook just to mention a few, the lives of people who would never normally interact are easily exposed to one another via numerous social networking websites. Using these various websites, people of all walks of life are suddenly put right next to one another on a list of recent tweets. Suddenly, the opinions, articles, and personal information of Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) are placed on the same page as a mother of two.

This is the exact quality of the Internet that makes it innately open to possibility and opportunity to anyone with a wi-fi connection. Because of the internet, the nuances and everyday events that occur in your life are available to be uploaded, streamed, and shared instantaneously to anyone around the world.

Thus, “lifecasting” was born. The continuous sharing of various aspects of one’s life to the public via the Internet. “Well, who’s going to want to listen to what happened to me today?” you may ask. To prove my point: a video of iJustine talking about ordering a cheeseburger has more than 1.5 million views on YouTube. So, the answer is no, I’m not just riffing. Some people make entire careers out of lifecasting; merely posting non-stop content from their daily lives and promoting it.

So, through various mediums, lifecasters can share their lives with the viewing public. This process causes the lives of people of either similar or completely opposite interests to intertwine, creating a more connected and well-rounded community in general.