Mainly Melissa!

Staffordshire woman, Sarah Richardson, was killed May 12, 2008 by her husband becuase her Facebook relationship status said that she was single.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/7845946.stm

This is social networking taken to the extreme. Crazy! Although a friend of mine was able to determine that her boyfriend was cheating on her and who he was cheating on he with simply by his facebook status.

After watching the news today I learned that a creative realtor has become extremely crafty. He has decided to host a 72 hour open house online. Viewers will be able to chat with the realtor and ask questions regarding the loft.

For more information and to view the house please go to the following links:
http://www.kyegrace.com/LiveFeed.ubr
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090123/BC_online_agent_090123/20090123/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

I decided to be a little more proactive on my New Year’s Resolution so I went to the gym today. In order to get to the gym I had to take the bus, as a result I walked to the bus loop and got onto the #44 bus. I was one of the last people on the bus and because of the lack of seating options I sat in one of the courtesy seats. As the bus began to move I noticed that the majority of the courtesy seats were being occupied by young men. As the bus reached its first stop an old woman with a walking cane got on the bus. Not one of the young men got up and offered to offer their seat to the old woman so I got up and offered my seat to the woman. She thanked me promptly and told me that chivalry was dead.

I was absolutely appalled by this. After I came back from the gym I googled etiquette and a number of sites appeared. I selected a site and was intrigued with the website.
http://www.etiquettehell.com/index.shtml .

The website has several different features but what I thought was most interesting was the discussion forum. Users were able to create a message on the forum asking an etiquette question and people were able to critique and answer the question. The counter showing how many people had viewed each post revealed that there was actual a large amount of spectators that visited the discussion forum.

I also found an interesting article about The Urban Ettiquette at http://nymag.com/guides/etiquette/17332/index6.html

The amount of information and websites that I was able to find about etiquette proves that people are aware of the rules of etiquette however it’s just not being practiced.

Not only will Obama be making history being the first African American President, but he will also be the first president to have his inauguration to be broadcasted on YouTube. An event such as this being broadcasted over the internet and reaching out to billions of people all over the world I believe demonstrates the changes in how people are able to gain access to information.
http://www.youtube.com/inauguration

The internet has been a great campaign tool for Obama, who has set up a social networking site and a blog on his webpage www.mybarakobama.com. The site allows its members to join an online community, connect and interact with each other. The campaign manager for Obama has obviously done his homework on how to effectively advertise online.