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The Rundown: Get Glue
In a short amount of time I’ve watched as GetGlue rocketed past it’s competitors such as miso for example. Actually there are quite a few other sites that offer a similar service to what GetGlue offers but it seems to be the site of choice for majority of Twitter feeds I follow. GetGlue makes checking in easy due to the range of applications available for iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, other types of phones. So far I’ve used the iPhone app on my iPod touch, the iPad app, and I was a beta tester for the BlackBerry app on my 9650. On the Suggestions section of GetGlue you will encounter an tabbed page that offers the following: New Releases, Recommended, Trending, and Lists. Items shown in the New Releases tab is a list generated from recently media items coming to market. I enjoy this tab because I’ll see something advertised and like everyone else get busy and forget all about it and then I’ll come across it in the New Releases tab. The Recommended tab consists mainly of media picked that are very similar to the media items that you’ve selected to mark as a “Like” or “Favorite” which kind of annoys me a little because I never like any of it. The Trending tab displays results of hot items on GetGlue that are getting a lot of hits at the current time from each type of media. The Lists tab on GetGlue provides the user the opportunity to sort through various lists using Quick Rate which contains all media selections and mark the particular media as something they “Like” or “Favorite”. Like many others I enjoy surfing the web while I enjoy a tv show. A favorite show of mine, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on the Travel Channel, has incorporated GetGlue into it’s ad spots. The show utilizes the Twitter conversation hashtag #NoReservations and Anthony Bourdain will frequently live tweet during the show. Currently the Travel Channel is promoting GetGlue check-ins to the show where if you check-in to the show each Monday night and you earn all the Stickers for No Reservations you will be entered in an drawing for swag from the Travel Channel gives away some sweet swag.
We all enjoy various forms of media such as music, movies, television shows, books, movie stars, and video games. One night while reading my Twitter timeline I ran across a tweet that included a link to a site that I’d never seen before, of course the site I’m speaking of is GetGlue . GetGlue is bascially a mash-up of Twitter and Foursquare because the user can follow or allow other users to follow them. GetGlue partners with various studios and production companies so they’re able to offer the user a “Stickers” when they check-in to the music, movie, television show, book, movie star, or video game they’re currently checking out. The Stickers are broken down into tabs that consists of Limited Time Stickers, Featured Stickers, All Stickers and there’s even a Search for stickers too.
I’m interested in seeing how GetGlue will manage to maintain their place in the media check-in arena. I hope the rise of sites like GetGlue will encourage tv writers, music producers etc to recognize the trends on GetGlue in an effort to give us a variety of media offerings. While it’s fun and sometimes cool to check-into a trending media event I like to stray off the beaten path and discover a tv show, movie, or album that is equally deserving of the trending status.
Instagram - I can’t read the captions written in Japanese beneath the pics and I don’t need to.
Instagram is crushing right now. Anonymous pics from around the globe stream in like old memories. So much of our day is spent maintaining a tidy online version of ourselves. IG gives us the opportunity to let our guard down. It allows us communication without language. It’s incredibly life affirming and fun. I have noticed something about the filters, which are fantastic by the way. I feel a stronger connection to the picture because everyone is using the same presets. Your pics look like mine. The pics feel familiar, they feel familial. It’s eerie at times.
Here’s a few instagram tips:
Follow 300+ people
- this is the golden number for all social networks in stream format.
‘Like’ as many pics as you can
- it feels good to spread the love.
Search your surname
- look at the lives of your distant cousins. Their children look like yours.
Do not ‘like’ pictures of cats
- we can not encourage this behavior.
Search current events
- I heard about the Japan earthquake on IG. A Japanese mother shared a pic of the rubble in her alley and tagged it #earthquake. I searched #earthquake and #japan and followed a few dozen of the curators. Some pics were tragic, some were mundane. The Japanese IG community still shares intensely emotional pictures of this unfolding tragedy. I can’t read the captions written in Japanese beneath the pics and I don’t need to. I know what they are saying. It’s fascinating and incredibly touching.
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