Devin Hester with his Berry Chill
Every time the Chicago Bears‘ Devin Hester scores a touchdown, Chicagoans receive a free Hester-combination Berry Chill yogurt the next day. Despite the fact that the Bears were a bit of letdown tonight, we can still celebrate because Hester did, in fact, score a touchdown. According to the Berry Chill blog, his favorite combination is original yogurt with mango, pineapple and gummy bears. While I can personally do without the gummy bears, it still sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Follow @YogiJones on Twitter to stay in the loop on other Berry Chill “Sweet Tweets.” This kind of thing never happens in Roscoe. I love Chicago and Berry Chill.
Also, in case you are an avid Berry Chill visitor and aren’t yet aware, Berry Chill containers are actually recyclable. If you bring in 10 Berry Chill bowls, you receive a free medium mix for free.
According to the Wall Street Journal yesterday, more people worldwide use social media than email to communicate. As of August 2009, there were 301.5 million people using social-networking and community sites, while only 276.9 million people were using email. That is a whole lot of people and a massive amount of conversations made possible.
At first that sounds hard to believe, but if you think about the evolution of message sending, it actually does seem logical. From horse to telegraph to post to email, we have always searched for faster ways to communicate. Social media is the natural progression from email because it is as close to “real time” as it gets. It is faster than email, often easier than email and provides access to mass amounts of searchable information.
This does not mean everyone is going to drop email though. Social media can’t do everything. There are size limits to many social media tools, like the 140 character maximum on Twitter. There is also a lot of clutter and a lot of people out there in those public social media domains. Personally, I like the space for detail and the somewhat private atmosphere that email can still provide.
…But why wait for an email reply when you can receive an answer instantly via AIM or Google Chat? So maybe Facebook is not your preferred mode of communication, and perhaps it isn’t appropriate for all types of communication, but you have to admit: Social media has its benefits too.
