Showing posts with label Social Networks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Networks. Show all posts

21 August 2010

Car Accidents Associated to Online Social Networking Activities

Last August 16, 2010, the world was shocked with the car accident death of the famous plastic surgeon, Dr. Frank Ryan. Personally, I haven’t known him since I am not that updated with international celebrities all over the world. Nonetheless, what caught my attention is the cause of his death.

Dr. Ryan was with his dog named Jill on that day while driving in the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, where the accident also occurred. After falling off from the cliff investigators found out from the autopsy report that his death was caused by distracted driving because of tweeting. Well, isn’t that ironic that even a famous doctor like him would engage in such activity while driving? See, how tweeting and facebooking can be so addicting. The doctor’s last tweet will serve as a reminder to all of us that tweeting too hard can be very perilous; where in the doctor’s case had caused his death.

We’ve been hearing local news car accidents like texting and talking on the phone while driving and car accident advice has always been to refrain from doing these things while on your steering wheel. Even the most intense driving lesson and safety driving course cannot spare us from doing such things because these mainly rely on our own common sense. Happy driving and make sure to stay away from your phone.

19 August 2010

Is Facebook Consuming You? A Healthcheck for Facebook Addiction Disorder

Facebook - who doesn't know about the largest online community site? It is a growing community in the internet with minimum age requirement of 13, although users can always fake their age and so you will not be surprised to see Facebook members under 13 years of age. Did you know that overuse of Facebook is associated to a certain disorder called FAD-that is, Facebook Addiction Disorder. So, parents should be aware of this especially that their children are spending too much time in the internet. What's with Facebook, by the way, that keeps users from using it for many hours each day?