Social Media is now the #1 Online Activity

I think the video says it all really. Are you a believer in the Social Media Revolution?

Linkulous: Kirk vs. Kirk, Cat Deeley, Captain America, and more

‘Midnight in Paris’ becomes Woody Allen’s highest grossing film in years

Cat Deeley Gets a Web Series

Social Media Marketing Brings New Revenues, Customers

New CAPTAIN AMERICA trailer proves that heroes are born in America

75% of women won't marry a man who's unemployed

Linkulous: Groupon, JJ Abrams, Accidental Chinese Hipsters, and more

Above: It was all just a big misunderstanding

Groupon has been the single worst decision I have ever made as a business owner thus far… 

Accidental Chinese Hipsters

/Film Interview: JJ Abrams Talks ‘Super 8′, Bad Robot, Lens Flares, LOST, Spielberg and the Mystery Box

Bad news for Nielsen: TV ads to be bought more like online ads

Also, The Book of Mormon Broadway Soundtrack is on sale today! But it here:


Don't see the image? Click here: The Book Of Mormon [Explicit] [+Digital Booklet]

Linkulous: Bridesmaids, Twitter-Only Reporters, Chuck Season 5, and more

Bridal Beauty: Bridesmaids Do's and Don'ts

4 decades after women entered the U.S. workforce en masse, they still make 77¢ for every dollar earned by men

Will We See Twitter-Only Reporters Soon?

REVOLUTION: Series With Female Leads Penned By Women Dominate Early Orders 

Shut up about my body, Glenn Beck

Panel Debates Social Media's Impact on Hollywood at THR Business Managers Event 

Photo: NBC Renews Chuck for Fifth Season 

Linkulous: Fast Five, Gangster Movies, Mr. Rogers, Oreo Stuffed Cookies, and more

Why I Love Mr. Rogers

Gangster Movies I'll Always Drop Everything to Watch

This is perhaps the best farewell in the history of blogging. 

Fast forward: Why a movie about car thieves is the most progressive force in American cinema

Once More, With Feeling: Joss Whedon Revisits ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’

Sh*t My Students Write Tumblr Is Hilarious, Sad

More than 1/3rd of adults ages 19 to 29 live with their parents due to economy/few job prospects

Project Bake | Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Above: The baby photobombed himself!

Linkulous: Groupon Deals, Joss Whedon's CABIN IN THE WOODS, Studio Logos and more

AMAZON Drops MP3 Prices to $.69

HBO Goes On Demand

Groupon for Concerts Will Help Bands Get Gigs

Lionsgate to help release Joss Whedon's CABIN IN THE WOODS

Americans are More Addicted to LinkedIn than Twitter (STUDY)

14 Variant Logos That Prove Even Studios Enjoy Having a Little Fun

A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY gets a new minimalist poster

Fox's BREAKING IN is a must watch for Geek's everywhere!

New red band trailer and character posters for BRIDESMAIDS

Above: 15 Creative and Nerdy Wedding Invitations. Also, be sure to check out my geeky wedding blog!

Linkulous: Digital Nomads, Chuck, Facebook Wedding Etiquette, and more

The rise of the digital nomad - Entrepreneurs, workers drawn to fully mobile lifestyle that modern technology can afford

Chuck vs. the ratings: Could this be the series' last season?

Do Women Tweet Differently Than Men? And Other Interesting Uses of the Twitter API

8 Facebook Wedding Etiquette Tips 

Mac vs. PC: The stereotypes may be true 

Best Sex Comedies of the 1980s 

Above: Follow Me Twitter Tattoo Thigh-High Stockings I want them!

Linkulous: The Gay Marriage Debate, Coachella, Taxes and more

An Anti-Gay Marriage Crusader on His Conversion

Is there finally going to be a nerdgirl movie?

Where to Watch Coachella Live Online - Many Angelenos are making the trek to Coachella today! For those that either couldn't get tickets or just don't want to put up with the dirt and crowds, you can watch a lot of it online in the comfort of your own home.

Help make a difference for millions - My former employer is doing a Walk for Psoriasis, please donate if you can!

 What Employers Look Up on Social Media Sites 

Since today is Tax Day, here a couple interesting articles about where our money is going and who is paying the most:

TurboTax Interactive: Your Tax Dollar Broken Down

9 Things The Rich Don't Want You To Know About Taxes 

I wrote a few articles this week, check out my writing elsewhere on the web: 

John West 4/8 Key Club Los Angeles Review

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Season 2: Episode 1 Recap

HARRY POTTER documentaries will keep the magic alive

300 sequel on the way, no longer called XERXES

Linkulous: How ARTHUR has changed, TV Writers on Twitter, Almost Jay-Z and more

Jay-Z For A Day — How Tumblr Accidentally Turned NewTeeVee’s Ryan Lawler Into The Greatest Rapper Alive

Russell Brand's 'Arthur' remake: Just how much has changed in 30 years? BIG spoilers, so if you plan on actually seeing the movie, maybe hold off on this one.

A list of every TV Writer on Twitter

Meal Snap Photographs Your Food and Automatically Estimates the Calories You Ate - the future is here and it's telling us we're fat.

Five Myths about Pushing Social Media Marketing Content

[Comic]

Linkulous: The United States of Facebook, Source Code, and more

DARE: RUNWAY LOOKS IN REAL LIFE  - 9 women (myself included) were challenged to wear hairstyles and makeup from Fashion Week to work -- did they survive or get fired? Spoiler alert: I kind of failed.

TUMP [EP#80 - Best In Show]  - My very first podcast appearance! I talk about Rango, The Adjustment Bureau, and Best in Show.

(Data Visualization) The Mythical United States of Facebook - What's up with Washington?

Really? 22 Secrets HR Won’t Tell You About Getting a Job. WTF?! 

Top 13 Things To Do Before Initiating a Social Media Campaign – The Ultimate PR 2.0 Checklist

SOURCE CODE IS THE BEST REVIEWED STUDIO MOVIE OF THE YEAR SO FAR AND WHY THAT'S GREAT NEWS - Soooo excited to see it weekend! 

Why Book Trailers Are Now Essential to the Publishing Industry

Michael Bay presents a live-action, intense ANGRY BIRDS trailer

So this isn't really a movie directed by Michael Bay. But, don't tell me it doesn't fit right in with the current state of the film industry today. It almost hits too close to home to be funny. What am I saying? This thing is hilarious! Watch the trailer below: 

Would you watch this if it were a real movie? I could see it making some serious dough at the box office. 

[Social Times]

Facebook Break Up Song (That's Actually Good!)

There are a lot of videos online featuring songs about facebook and making fun of it, but this one takes the cake! Not only does it smartly incorporate Facebook lingo and norms into the lyrics, it's actually a great post-break-up song that reflects modern relationships. Check it out:



Hailing from Australia, Kate Miller-Heidke started in classical music but started incorporating pop and pop culture elements into her tracks. This is the first I've heard of her, but with this song blowing up online, we could be seeing her in the states soon.

If you like the track, you can download it from Amazon here:


What do you think of the track? Can you relate to it?

[SocialTimes]

Linkulous: Rebecca Black, Paul Feig, Adulthood, New Words, and more

It's time for your weekly roundup of interest articles! Happy Friday everyone!

Not *That* Fun: Rebecca Black Gets Played Just 12 Times on Radio - Well, at least there's that.

THE MOST DEPRESSING ARTICLE EVER - Yup, adulthood can be pretty terrible sometimes.

Paul Feig-directed Ford viral ads hit - this is the freelance project I've been working on this week. I'm promoting this video online, have you seen it yet?

LivingSocial Says It Will Overtake Groupon in January 2012 - I like LivingSocial more already, so I'm hoping this will play out.

OMG, Oxford English Dictionary Added New Words - OMG, I <3 this, LOL. Also noteworthy, "Banh Mi" is now in the dictionary too. Mmm Vietnamese food.

Your Twitter Connections Say More Than You Think [Study]

USC's Neon Tommy draws a larger audience than any other Web-only college news site - Damn, it's good to be a Trojan. :)

89% of People Who Bought Groupon Movie Deal Would Not Have Seen THE LINCOLN LAWYER Otherwise  - Given its success, you can expect more initiatives like this will spring up for flicks.

Did you read any interesting articles this week? Feel free to share them in the comments!

Linkulous: Banksy, How I Met Your Mother, Social Media, Groupon Remorse, and more

Trent Reznor won't be involved in ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER  - Disappointing news.

Which Social Sites Are Best for Which Marketing Outcomes? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Banksy’s Oscar “response” is a fake!

Will 'How I Met Your Mother' End in 2013? Co-Creator Carter Bays Tells All 

Why a pregnancy drug used for half a century will suddenly cost women thousands of dollars more. - Seems like some pretty BS reasoning to me...

10 Community Manager Tools You Might Not Know 

The U.S. has the highest bipolar rate, according to this 11-nation study

Do you suffer from "Groupon remorse?"

13 Potential Breakout Apps To Watch at SXSW 2011 - I want to go to SXSW sooooo badly. Maybe next year?

Too Interesting For Twitter gets a facelift!

If you've been following me through Google Reader or another RSS method, you should click on over to check out the new design! With a lot of help from a fellow Gordon and the Whale writer, Jim Napier from Napier's News, I've got a new layout, a sweet banner, and even a new icon that shows up in the browser bar!

Also, if you look to the left, the sidebar has been moved AND you can follow this blog on Facebook. Since the beginning, I've had my blog posts automatically post to my personal facebook page, but now it'll go to this public page just for the blog. This will hopefully allow me to keep my facebook page more personal, which will be nice. Also, I'm gonna try to brainstorm some fun things to do with just the facebook page to keep interesting. Please follow me there :)

I've also added new sharing buttons to the bottom of each post, I think they look a bit nicer and are easier to spot than the last ones I've had.

This blog is a constant work in progress, so if you have any suggestions or critiques they are ALWAYS welcome. I'm no expert when it comes to this stuff, I'm just working off the basics here, but love learning more about what you guys think works and what doesn't.

Why I applied to be a #winning #TigerBloodIntern for @CharlieSheen

There has been so much news about Charlie Sheen that I’m just going to assume that everyone knows about the media blitz that has been going on in the wake of his suspension and subsequent firing from Two and a Half Men, so I won’t go in to detail about all of that.

I will say that I applied to become his social media intern, along with probably thousands of other applicants. Why would I want to work for a known drug addict and porn star aficionado?

Well, you can’t get a social media personality more high profile than this right now. He broke the Guinness World Record for fastest twitter user to 1 million followers (less than 24 hours, beating @ConanOBrien’s previous record) and already has over 2 million. His Ustream web show Sheen’s Korner had over 1 million viewers in the two airings so far. Like I said, you can’t get a more prolific social media presence to work with.

It’s basically a fail proof gig. If anything goes wrong, will anyone blame the intern on this one? Really? Everyone will be too focused on the trainwreck that has become Charlie Sheen’s life. His long-term Publicist resigned because he was off doing his own thing, spouting how special he is curing addiction with his brain and tigerblood. His publicist couldn’t contain him, there’s no way a social media intern will be able to. So if the social media accounts go off the deep-end, well people will know who to blame.

There’s no such thing as bad publicity. If Charlie Sheen has taught us anything, it’s this. This was common knowledge, but then with technology and google searches, it seemed like the old saying wasn’t true anymore. But Charlie Sheen has some of the worst PR Buzz going on right now and he’s more famous than ever, doing interviews left and right and even accomplishing something that few have been able to – monetizing his online notoriety. Whoever Charlie selects for his intern will become the news story. When people will think of a social media intern or coordinator, they’ll think of the lucky (or poor depending on your view point) kid who was Charlie Sheen’s intern. With that type of publicity, after this you might not even have to job search. The jobs could come to you.

And, to top it all off, it’s something I actually want to do. I am currently job searching for social media positions, so this fits right in my skill set. I wouldn't recommend applying to this job if you don't actually want to do social media. I just don't see how this would further any other career, except maybe for people who want to springboard this notoriety to reality television stardom. And even that is a long shot, because it's not like the social media intern will be getting a lot of air time. Social media work is behind the scenes, adopting other people and brand's voices so people don't even realize someone is working.

Do you think I’m crazy for applying? Let me know in the comments!

Linkulous: RUBBER Red Band Trailer, Elder Porn, How I Met Your Mother, and More

Share a YouTube Video? Go to Jail

Cultural Exchange: A porn star at 76

A Renewal for How I Met Your Mother Is Close: But Why Has It Taken So Long?

HIMYM is the No. 13 show in all of TV with viewers under 50 and one of two anchors holding up the Eye's Monday night comedy block, not to mention the youngest-skewing show on the network's entire schedule (HIMYM's average viewer is 44; the median age of a typical CBS viewer is 55).

Microsoft Begs Users To Stop Using IE 6

Social Media Bubble: Who Stands to Cash In at Facebook, Twitter and Groupon

Did your kid just swallow poison? Don't call poison control. House of Reps just voted away that luxury

Does Hollywood discriminate against young black actors?

The Celluloid Ceiling in full effect

Ke$ha's "Blow" Music Video with James Van Der Memes

This music video is all kinds of awesome ridiculousness with James Van Der Beek, unicorn people, and rainbow laser guns. Yeah, take a second to reread that. JUST WATCH:



If you're wondering where the heck James Van Der Beek has been, he's been keeping busy between TV guest spots on shows (like How I Met Your Mother) by creating a slew of viral memes at JamesVanDerMemes.com and working with Funny or Die on some hilarious videos like DILF Khakis:

DILF Khakis from James Van Der Beek

He's been making a splash on twitter (@vanderjames) and even took over the @funnyordie feed for a while. He's really got the viral internet thing on lock, which I guess explains how the Ke$ha video happened. Why else would he be there?

For more insight into his role and just how he got to this place in his career, check out this interview he did with EW's Popwatch blog.

[Jaw Wired Shut]

Linkulous: JJ Abrams, Starbucks Trenta Cup, Verizon iPhone, Dark Shadows and more

The Brutal Truth From Two Years In The Twitterverse

Could J.J. Abrams’ new show be more bizarre than Lost? Here’s everything we know so far

NFL has made Super Bowl Sunday into a holiday, is a three-day weekend the next step?

The Starbucks Trenta Cup Holds An Entire Bottle Of Wine

Verizon May Slow Down Those Hogging Unlimited 3G Data Plans

Wonder Woman: A Sneak Peek at David E. Kelley's Script

Google Offers $20,000 and a Laptop for a Chrome Hack

Jackie Earle Haley and Bella Heathcote joining DARK SHADOWS?

Hell Hath No Fury Like an Internet-Savvy Women Scorned

Linkulous: Super Bowl Microsite, Zombies on CW, Black Swan theories and more

Reports say Egypt Web shutdown is coordinated, extensive

Twitter Launches Visa-Sponsored Super Bowl Microsite

Disney Insider Trader Gets Two Years in Prison

Zombie show coming to The CW

Tihomir Petrov, Cal State Northridge Math Professor, Charged for Allegedly Peeing On Rival Academic's Door

Interesting Movie Theory: What Is Going On Between Nina and Her Mom in ‘Black Swan’?

7 Joss Whedon projects we'll never see (and 1 we eventually will)

50 Best iPhone Apps 2011