Stephen Wagner

They say the first step in getting over an addiction is admitting you have a problem. I have a problem. That’s right.  I am 100% through and through addicted to Angry Birds.  Yes, it’s cute, yes, it’s fun, but it … Read More

I was perusing the MSN website this morning, when I came across this little gem of an article.  The title is Social Media Can Kill Your Career, But Not the Way You Think. Hmm, I think, probably another article about … Read More

The Backstory: the whole way to the restaurant (Break of Dawn), I was thinking to myself: “Yes, if I check in on Yelp today, I think I will become Duke of this restaurant.”

Tweeps: it’s your Twitter Peeps! What I love about all the different social media channels is that all of the major channels are distinctly different in so many ways.

I love social media. And as an extension of those feelings, I love my laptop. And my smartphone. But I’m not in love with them. I wanted to make that clear because, apparently, some people are. A new study from Arizona State University finds that people can actually be in love with their favorite devices. You can read a whole article about it here, but basically what we’re talking about is something scientists call “material possession love.” It happens when a person “becomes emotionally attached to possessions as real substitutes in what resembles a human relationship.”

I think that surprises are harder and harder to pull off these days with the high use of social media, but leave it to my wife and friends to know better than to post anything on their FB pages or Twitter accounts about their plans for the evening.

I love that my social life and my social media life are becoming very intertwined.  Slowly but surely, Facebook is sort of defining relationships in a way that was never possible before, and has only become a recent occurrence. When … Read More