Is Social Media ruining your company’s productivity? If not, there’s a good chance in the future it will.

How many times during the work day do you check your social media presence? Because people don’t disconnect from an online chat quickly enough, get sidetracked by full email inboxes, and the worst distraction of all: Facebook, companies are hemorrhaging money. People are falling into the black hole I lovingly refer to as the Facebook Coma.

According to a recent survey by harmon.ie, the overload of new pictures, relationship statuses and of course the newsfeeds of all 2,000 of our closest friends is costing an average of $10,375 in productivity each year(per employee).

Between drinking, smoking, and flirting with secretaries- would there even be time in Don's day to get paid to tweet?

In a recent blog post titled “The Twitter Trap,” Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, writes about the challenges of staying focused. “The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.”

Do you think your one of the average workers who is basically paid thousands of dollars to keep up-to-date on your social networks?

In the 90’s being able to constantly monitor our friends and family via the World Wide Web seemed like the plot to a sci-fi movie, but today the range of content individuals have access to could literally bury us alive.

According to a recent blog post from Cisco Systems, we’re barely at the tip of this revolutionary iceberg. “In 2010, there were 12.5 billion devices connected to the Internet. Looking to the future, Cisco predicts there will be 25 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2015, and 50 billion by 2020. Both the types of information we share will dramatically increase, and the number of people from whom we can receive.”

Mashable predicts that the social networks and web companies that remember Cisco’s predictions will stand the best chance of success in the future. Well, to paraphrase Kate Winslet, “I’ll never let go of my Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, or Blogger accounts Jack!”

What do you think of the recent upgrades to the most popular social media sites? (Twitter searching by pictures, Facebooks new pages) Is there a social networking platform that you don’t think you could live without?

Sorry for the delay

I haven't posted in a while, as you can all see. But with good reason: I was working full time while still holding down part time internships, writing freelance, getting into Grad School, babysitting, and finishing up my final semester as an undergrad!

I know, excuses excuses, but I've finally settled into a rhythm that will allow me to get back into blogging. Just in time too because there’s so much Mad news I'd like to share with you.

Unfortunately season 5 is being delayed until March of 2012. Of course waiting an extra 8ish months than we should have to is awful, but with all the cancellations happening lately I'm at least glad to have a wait.

The show’s creator Mathew Weiner said "Don was not good on his own. That's part of why he proposed to Megan." I don't know about anyone else but I'm hoping this will lead to a Betty/Don reunion. If January Jones pregnancy is worked into the show it could help in either direction. If she is pregnant with Henry's baby will it help her realize what a mistake she made? Or it could bring them together.

But I'm leaning more towards a secret affair between engaged Don and married Betty (talk about irony!) which will lead to Draper baby #4.

But since the season has been postponed so far maybe January's pregnancy won't even be a factor. The actress (who hasn't had any strange cravings as of yet might I add) is due in the fall so maybe we won't get to see as much of her pregnancy as we would have.

What do you think of the potential for drama the late start date and the pregnancy create?

Indian Summer- Relaxisyzer

I can't belive I never posted about this pitch! I think it bothers me a little the way all of the men treated Peggy in this one. I can understand having women being hired to work on female products, but this wasn't a girl thing, it was a fat thing.

Peggy tries out the product and realizes that the best part of it isn't weight loss, it's "stimulation". Peggy begins this season much like all of the other girls, seeming to want to find a good man and be married and as the season goes by she gets more successful and more full figured, to the unknowning audience she's gaining her freshman 15, just settling in to a new routine, putting on a few pounds.

This product came at a great point in the season because Peggy is realizing she doesn't need a man to be provided for, and now she doesn't need a man to have sexual pleasure.

This pitch isn't about the product, it's about the uprising of feminism in the US. The Relaxisyzer (am I even spelling this right?) and Peggy Olsen would have given woman of the time hope that life could go on with or without a man!

Favorite Episode

My season 4 dvd is schedualed to come via UPS today and it got me thinking about my favorite episodes of Mad Men. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours! So comment away :o)

Why do they keep changing Bobby Draper?

In season 1 the Bobby didn't really do anything, which made sense because I think he was only 4.

 In the second season it jumps 2 years so now that Bobby is 6 they needed an older actor because he is older. The first Bobby might not have had the skill level that they needed for the season 2 story lines. I honestly can't see Bobby 1 breaking the bed or burning himself.

As for in season 3, I don't know why they would have needed a different Bobby because just like in season 2, he doesn't really matter much. He has a few scenes and the season finale is certainly a great acting job by Bobby number 3. But all in all my opinion is that they got Bobby 3 because I think he looks like he could actually be Don's son or Sally's brother!

And although they kept the same actor for season 4, we barely see him! I'm hoping that season 5 shows more of this young actors skills.

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