Switched-On :: Blog

Have you heard of DailyBooth? If not then let me enlighten you. In my vast treks across the World Wide Web, I have discovered a new exciting way to blog. Essentially, DailyBooth is like Twitter except not at all. It’s a photoblogging website that allows users to post pictures of themselves everyday, along with some quirky caption. Users can follow each other and receive updates on friends through pictures. People also take part in a project to take a photo of themselves everyday for a year, which leaves room for creativity and self-discovery. The website is a little over a year old, but steadily increasing their number of users. Web celebrities and YouTube stars have begun using the site to reach out to fans, but we regular people can also take advantage of it. So, if you enjoy taking photos of yourself and sending them to friends for them to comment on or reply with a photo of their own, then this is the site for you.

- Ruben

Two small things are on my mind this week. One is the fact that so many stores are closing. There is Blockbuster, Waldenbooks/Borders, KB Toys, and some other stores. I find it sad and depressing that so many people are losing their jobs during this economic hardship we are going through. I also liked those stores. I did actually like to rent movies from Blockbuster. Now you have to rent everything from your TV or computer. That leads to no DVD players. So in some ways, technology isn’t helping so much as it’s taking away jobs and changing the way we do certain things.

But the next thing on my mind is that Avatar made a worldwide total to $1.841 billion. If people keep watching the movie it will beat Titanic. That is just amazing. I thought Avatar was a really good movie – and it was all technology! I am glad that people love that movie.

- Tatiana