Week of Tweets

I have always liked using Facebook, because it's a great way to keep in touch with friends you don't see very often, but once I got Twitter I was so used to Facebook that I didn't understand what it was. I kept wanting to "like" people's tweets, but I couldn't. I also wanted to "comment" on their tweets, but all I could do was reply! Replying to me, wasn't the same! When I first got Twitter I just imagined that it would be like Facebook, but without photo albums and the walls. I thought it was just going to be a bunch of Facebook-like statuses on one website. Even though I probably won't continue using Twitter as much in the future, I am glad that I was exposed to it and got to learn about another new social network online. It's nice to be able to follow different people that I am interested in, but not have to ask them to be my "friend." A lot of my Facebook "friends" aren't really friends at all, they are just people that I want to be able to keep in touch with if I need to. But, on Twitter, I can follow them and be able to keep in touch, but not have to be "friends."

A Business Case for Diversity

When I think of diversity, one of the first things that pops into my mind is the movie Anchorman. When they are at the meeting and the boss tells them that they need diversity, and Champ Kind asks what diversity is. Ron Burgundy replies with,“ I believe it is an old wooden ship that was used in the Civil War Era.” Well, yes this is ridiculous that this is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of diversity, but if any you have seen the movie, it is actually a good example of diversity, and what Scott E. Page was trying to say in his lecture. During this point in the movie, they get introduced to Veronica, the new anchor for the news. This was based in the 1970s so this was insane for these times, but as the movie goes on and she is the head anchor, the news ratings are up, and nobody is getting along anymore. Which is what was said in the lecture. Scott E. Page mentioned that groups that are diverse rather than homogenous don’t get along as well, but altogether produce better results. If you have a group with people from the same background, you will get very limited results and ideas, but if you have a group of people who are from different backgrounds, countries, cultures, and religions you will get a widespread of ideas, and more views are better than one. That’s generally what Scott E. Page was trying to get at in his lecture. I can’t believe I just used Anchorman as an example for something.