The Fear of Missing Instagram Likes and You

Haven’t you heard? Instagram is experimenting with hiding the Likes of posts. Depending on who you listen to, it either means the sky is falling, all “influencers” will suddenly explode, or social media is either worthless or even better. How do you see through the fog of such wildly different reactions? Taking a deep breath […]

Passive Identity: From AOL Away Messages to Instagram

Picture it: College or High School, 1997…AOL Instant Messenger. Relationships were won or lost based on what Cure lyric was carefully chosen to appear when friends saw that you weren’t available. This mini digital mission statement for the hour (or the day if you were deliberately gone or hiding for a long time) quickly evolved […]