by Chris Snider | Nov 21, 2013 | Digital information
For a split second today, the design of my Facebook feed (on desktop) changed. It looked like Facebook on my iPad: rounded corners on avatars, borders around posts. And then it was gone. Back to normal Facebook design. Is this something new? Has anyone else seen...
by Chris Snider | Oct 8, 2013 | Digital information, Digital tools
I love Instagram. I love Twitter. Unfortunately the two social media giants no longer play nicely together. You can still post Instagram photos as a link on Twitter, but you no longer can see the actual photos on Twitter. When you currently share an Instagram photo to...
by Chris Snider | Oct 2, 2013 | Digital information
Twitter has a lot of features that most users don’t know about and don’t take advantage of. From lists to analytics to keyboard shortcuts to widgets, here are 15 things you should be doing on Twitter, but probably aren’t. Style tip: Always capitalize...
by Chris Snider | Sep 3, 2013 | Digital information
One of my favorite things about being a professor at Drake is teaching a multimedia lab to first-year students. They’re brand new to college and eager to learn and discuss. And for a couple weeks at least, they don’t even fall asleep in class. I start the...
by Chris Snider | Aug 1, 2013 | Digital information
I teach classes at Drake University on digital media and social media. And that means I need to be on top of all of the latest trends in both areas. That takes time. Fortunately, I’m already doing this. So why should you? Just sign up for my weekly email...
by Chris Snider | Jun 21, 2013 | Digital information
It turns out the Instagram of video is … Instagram. The photo sharing app added video capabilities yesterday. So now the app that lets us take our sub-par photos and make them look like they were shot in the most perfect of early-morning light lets us take our...
