Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Take This Lollipop: The Ultimate Facebook Creeper

Interactive video “Take This Lollipop” creatively visualizes the undeniable horrors of online socializing. The video transports you to a dank, stuffy basement where you watch actor Bill Oberst Jr. (whose credits range from “True Blood” to “The Secret Life of Bees”) grow in aggression as he hacks your Facebook profile, scrolls through your personal pictures and news feed, and even searches a map of your town.

Creator Jason Zada, a commercial and viral marketing director who created the interactive “Elf Yourself” online campaign for OfficeMax, said he “wanted to do something that messed with people” and to spur thought about how much information we allow people access to online.


"Our privacy was dead a while back and will never be the same," he said. "Life as a whole has changed. If you look at the video, the scariest part is that your information is in the video. The piece is scary because a person is violating your privacy, not because it's bloody or there's anything jumping out."

In order to check it out for yourself go to this site, http://www.takethislollipop.com/ and click allow. Then sit back and lock your doors.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Woes of a Facebook user

Oh, you know the drill. Facebook updates a new feature and everyone throws a fit. Facebook status after Facebook status begs for anyone to provide a shred of information to restore “the old Facebook”. But then days go by and low and behold, we get used to it. “The old Facebook” seems like a thing of the past.
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However, for those who just can’t quit throwing a hissy fit, check out the following links to change a few features back.