Pinterest: Twitter's baby sister

Pinning

Pinterest, a virtual pinboard, is an emerging social media tool which is quickly gaining popularity. It allows users to explore, upload and pin pictures to their boards. Pinterest is interesting and addicting because it’s unpredictable. Tabs labeled “Everything,” “Videos,” “Popular” and “Gifts” allow users to explore pins and even purchase products. The “Everything” tab includes 32 categories of interests ranging from wedding & events to cars & motorcycles. The “Gifts” tab includes six price ranges for consumers to explore products.

Pinterest has features similar to Twitter, making it a powerful social media tool for brands to utilize.

Two days without Twitter is two days too long

The Fast
My Blackberry vibrated twice, alerting me of an email, Facebook or Twitter notifications. I hesitated to check what was causing that red light to blink. Unfortunately, it was Twitter. Any other time I would have loved to see that little blue bird pop up on my home screen but not this time. Who mentioned me in a tweet? What was it about? What if I’m missing something important? Could a friend tell me who tweeted me, or is that cheating? Not being able to answer these questions made the last nine hours of my two-day “Twitter fast” increasingly difficult.

Unknown Reliance
Two days. Forty-eight hours. Two thousand, eight hundred and eighty minutes. One hundred seventy-two thousand, and eight hundred seconds. That’s how long it took me to realize how much I relied on Twitter.