John's CSIT155 Degree Completion Blog

       I think that the line between social media sites that are specifically for, or that work best for business or personal use has really blurred as social media has evolved. Marketing departments have many goals and objectives. That is how I think that sites may be best differentiated.     Facebook has an older demographic that tends to resemble older media in many ways. The layout looks like a magazine or newspaper. The individual posts look like articles, and often read that way. More traditional media forms still thrive on the site. Static ad images are all over Facebook. The system of reactions tends to be easy and intuitive. Making posts and commenting is simple. Facebook seems to be great for reaching out to an older audience, or reinforcing existing business relationships with younger users.     LinkedIn, GlassDoor, and FairyGodBoss are great for business networking. It also has the capacity to advertise services to professionals. If yo...

     I chose my theme because I think that it best represents who I am and why I am doing this. I am a professional stagehand. I've been a professional stagehand since I was 14. It has been my career, and in many ways my life. I chose this theme because it allows me to choose an image relevant to that career as a central background theme.     I also chose this theme because the image is just that; a background. I am also a husband, father, Buddhist, computer scientist, and student. I started going back to school as a way to advance my career. I continued going to school as a way to improve my position within my career. I want to graduate from school as a way to fundamentally alter the interactions between the various aspects of my life.     I will always be a stagehand, but I need to be as devoted to the other aspects of what I am. This theme incorporates my love of black. I wear black clothes to work everyday. My offices and working spaces are often b...