Ypulse Essentials: Top Celebs On Twitter, Teens Gaming More Than Social Networking, Middle Schooler ARE That Innocent
Posted by anastasia on 01-30-2009
Top celebs on Twitter (Ypulse Mashup speaker Guy Kawasaki is "most reTweeted." Plus AdAge.com, reg. required, on the most "social," i.e. buzzed about online, brands – Apple's number one!) (Forbes)
- Teens playing more online games (than social networking – interesting angle pulled from the Pew Generations report) (MediaWeek)
- Personal branding guru names top 10 Gen Y social networking sites (definitely not based on traffic and skew to 18 and up definition of Gen Y) (Mashable)
- Middle schoolers (more innocent than headlines about "Rainbow Parties" suggest. Plus CNN on modeling agencies searching for first daughter look alikes) (New York Times, reg. required) (CNN)
- Watching TV as a teen (means you eat more crap, according to this study)
- Neil Gaiman talks to The Daily Beast (about "how to appeal to children after Harry Potter." Plus New York Times columnist Virginia Heffernan on her 3-year-old's reaction to curling up with an online "book")
P.S. If you're in the Bay Area, definitely check out this upcoming Hip Hop Chess Federation event. And if you work on girl-centric projects and want to be inspired, check out my friend Courtney's Respect Rx trainings.
P.P.S. Ypulse readers in New York who want to check out the Engage Expo focused on virtual worlds for youth, you can receive a $200 discount, reducing the early registration price to just $395. You have to register by February 2, and enter the code "YPULSEVIP" when using the online registration system.
Correction: In yesterday's Books post, we mentioned a partnership between Harper Collins and Island Def Jam Music Group to promote Tina Wells' upcoming series "Mackenzie Blue." The partnership is actually between Tina Wells and Island Def Jam Music Group, not Harper Collins.
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