1. You tell your friends you’re going to be an Internet Celebrity. 2. You start a blog, and in the About Me section, you use a picture of yourself in front of a mirror where you can still see the camera. 3. You start a twitter account, and for the profile picture, you use a picture of yourself...

There’s a pain you feel when someone unfollows you on Twitter. Like a breaking up pain. A quiet dumping. Ha! Quiet dumping. We all feel it.  It’s like that song Everybody Hurts by REM. Play that in your mind while you read this. If you’ve just been unfollowed by someone and you’re...

When I was a kid, my mom told me not to talk to strangers. Even if they offered me candy. Strangers might offer you chocolate my mom would say.  Just to get you to go with them. I was a fat kid.  I would totally go with them. Then they’ll kill you. And there’s the rub. We were paranoid...

I’m not smooth in real life. I know. Shocking. I’ve been called “socially awkward”, “a little weird”, “creepy and gross.” Mostly the last thing. Which is why I’ve retreated to the darkness of my parents basement to write articles on Twitter. Due...

Nothing could be more hilarious. Nobody wants to believe that they’re part of a fad. It’s this weird thing about us. Humans. We feel like if we’re part of something that was wildly popular for a fleeting moment, we just got suckered. Cuckolded. And I’ll be damned if I get cuckolded again. But...

Me being shattered by those I least suspect to hurt me, anonymous people on the Internet. As many of you know, I’m emotionally fragile. I cry-dance to Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in my parents’ basement. That’s my Saturday. That. And nothing unravels me more than the hurtful comments...

Today, Google launched “Buzz”, its major strike into the boobs of social media. Listen, friends. Listen. Hear it? That’s the sound of every social media maven, guru, cowboy and expert convulsing in tantric release. They’re ready to call this the “Twitter killer”, the biggest threat to Facebook,...

The movie Avatar is about a planet of people attacked by a much stronger force. They have to battle back, these underdogs, to protect their land. If you’re reading this, you come from another planet too. The devastatingly nerdy world of Twitter. Don’t fight it. Don’t fight it. Embrace...

This is my attempt at talking-movies, or talkies as they say nowadays.  Learn from social media guru cowboy maverick expert as he teaches you how to be a complete douchebag in five easy steps. Connect with my super hot package on Twitter here. On Facebook here. dee@tremendousnews.com tweetcount_url='http://tremendousnews.com/2010/01/29/5-steps-to-become-a-social-media-douchebag/';tweetcount_title='5...

This is me cry-dancing to the Ting Tings. You think I’m strong. That’s why you come here. Like a hungry seal pup, you come to nurse from the teat of my intellect.  Yearning for more. Ha! Teat. But I’m not strong sometimes.  Sometimes, I’m weak. Sometimes I cry. I’m a...