Diva Marketing's 3 Year Anniversary

Diva Marketing, one of the required blogs for class, celebrated its 3 year anniversary yesterday. I didn't realize that this blog had been around for so long, but it makes sense why it has been so successful. This blog emerged before blogs were very popular, and has proved to be beneficial to all those involved. The creators have even been quoted in books such as "Naked Conversations." Blogging really has become a major part of marketing, and sites like Diva Marketing make it possible for people to communicate easily on different topics, and express their ideas. Hopefully these kinds of sites will give people good opportunities and teach people how influential marketing through blogs can be.

More about hammocks

I just edited the history section of the hammock article, noting that in the New World, hammocks offered safety to people because by sleeping in a suspended state, they could avoid harmful animals such as snakes, and also protect people from unsanitary conditions of the time and dirt and water. Hammocks are comfortable and highly functional!

Weeds

For my 3rd edit to the Weeds article, I added the official MySpace page for Weeds. You can be myspace friends with Weeds, watch clips, listen to music and funny lines, and learn more about the show. I had fun looking around this myspace page. Here's the link to it, check it out.

Hammock Edit #2

I added to the history of the hammock section, noting that Europeans were first introduced to hammocks after Christopher Columbus brought many back from Spain from islands in the present day Bahamas. I thought this was interesting because in all of the history I've learned about Columbus' voyages, it never would have crossed my mind that hammocks were one of the things that he returned to Europe with. Just another great example of good exchanges between cultures.

MCS edit #2

I just edited the wikipedia article for the band Motion City Sountrack. I added their contact information so any fans could send them an email. The last edit I made to this page, which was a list of upcoming tour dates, was deleted so I'm curious to see how long this one lasts. You can check it out here.

Wikipedia Edit #3 for Cusquena

Today, I added to the external links section of the Cusquena page. The only site listed was the official site, but since it is in Spanish, I also listed the Cusquena site for the UK.

Comments on a Slashdot post

On slashdot.org, someone wrote about a girl high school girl who racked up a text messaging bill of over $1,100 in one month for having used almost 7,000 text messages. Although this is the most extreme case I've ever heard of, so many kids have the problems of going over their monthly allowance of text messages. Personally, I've never used too many minutes on my cell phone, but i have used too many text messages. Many people use unlimited text messaging, and people like this definately should.
The comments on this blog were mostly about parenting and how these days parents can't discipline their children without being accused of abuse, so not allowing kids to text message would probably be seen as too harsh in the eyes of some people. It's hard for me to comment on parenting, but something like this situation should definately be punished in some way.

You can check out the post here