Twitter Lets You Bake Your Tweets
Category: Patricia Snodgrass, Social Media, Trends

Twitter has released a new feature that allows for you to "bake" a Twitter status (in other words, embed) into any page, blog post, etc. as you would a video clip via YouTube. Why is this significant? Is it really significant at all?

If anything, it's a shortcut from how users had been displaying single tweets via screenshots or copied and pasted quotes. Also, embedded tweets will look consistent across the board and will be instantly recognized as coming from Twitter. Finally, embedded tweets will be fully linkable, including hashtags, usernames, URLs, and most importantly, the original author. Hopefully, these tweets will lead to more followers for the author as well as more viewership on Twitter.

Tasty Tasty Threadcakes
Category: Patricia Snodgrass, Trends

Recently, I participated in a cake decorating competition called Threadcakes sponsored by the mega indie t-shirt site Threadless. The rules were simple: pick a shirt design, turn the design into an edible masterpiece and document the entire process with photos and/or video, including the slicing and devouring.

Cooking with Maangchi
Category: Patricia Snodgrass

Recently in my quest to make a lifestyle diet change, I have come to embrace my Korean culture that I'd been out of touch with the last few years, by rediscovering Korean food.

Losing Weight with Social Networking
Category: Patricia Snodgrass

Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I've been struggling to control my weight for years. While I was a very slim child growing up in Korea, I gradually gained weight once in the states and Americanized with Happy Meals and pizza (I didn't have my first cheeseburger until I was in the 4th grade). I managed to lose all the weight by middle school but once away from the watchful eyes of my mom, the weight slowly crept back during college, and even more once I began working full time.