The internet has been around long enough for most of us to feel pretty comfortable with it by now. However, do you sometimes feel that you don’t get as much out of your time online as you should do? If that is the case then here are a few exciting things you could be missing out on.
‘Selfies’ have been around for a while now but they really took off in the last year or so. This simply involves you taking a picture of yourself and posting it to your Facebook account or on Twitter or whatever other social media sites you use. These are often fun snaps which capture a unique moment in time or something intimate brilliantly. Even the big celebrities take loads of selfies. In fact, famous people seem to take them more than anyone else on the planet.
If you don’t yet think in hashtags then you probably aren’t a big Twitter user. A hashtag is a symbol (#) which is used to precede certain words on a tweet. What this means is that other people can find your tweets grouped together with others which used the same hashtag. Why not give it a try the next time you are writing a tweet or looking to read something which interests you. Hashtags have recently been added to Facebook as well. They have now truly gone mainstream, being mentioned regularly on TV as well as being voted as 2012 or 2013 word of the year by a lot of people. Vuze uses #dic as a hastag to represent its message “don’t infringe copyright!”
Do you only ever hear about YouTube videos when they have gone viral and been viewed by 10 million people around the planet? New videos catch the public’s imagination all the time, whether it is a wacky dance craze, a cute animal video or something funny and unexpected happening. Wouldn’t it be great to get in on the start of one of these internet sensations and help it grow? This will involve a lot of searching but if you have the time to do it and trust your judgement then you might find some really incredible YouTube videos before hardly anyone else has seen them or heard of them.
Do you remember the days when downloading any sort of big file meant sitting around for hours while your computer spluttered away? Wait, you don’t still do that, do you? There is really no need to waste so much of your life now when file sharing with a bittorrent software client like Vuze is such an easy option to choose. This is a file sharing method which has been around for a while now and is becoming increasingly popular all the time. When you realize that it involves a group of users simultaneously uploading and downloading little bits of the same file it might sound pretty difficult to do. However, all you really need to do is head along to a trusted site and download the Vuze client. A typical torrent search for files that don’t infringe on copyright will give you a number of fast and safe ways of downloading the file you are interested in. Remember to only share files that don’t violate copyright protections.
Photobombs aren’t exactly a new idea but they have really taken off on the internet in recent times. This is a fun activity which involves someone’s picture being ruined by someone or something appearing in it which isn’t meant to be there. The intruder can be there on purpose or it could be a complete accident. There are many sites on the internet showing famous photobombs, with some involving celebrities and other featuring animals or even fish. As well as having a laugh at these ones you could also upload your own or see what ones your friends have to share.
Finally, we have to consider that if you want to stay ahead of the pack then you really need to get online. On the internet is where the newest and most exciting trends appear on a daily basis. This is a fast moving environment where new words and phrases appear regularly, some of which then go on to become part of mainstream vocabulary. If you have always liked the idea of being in the know but not been sure how to achieve it then the internet could be your best friend. With the help of a few cutting edge sites and some hip friends on Facebook and Twitter you will soon know what the next big things are going to be.
Posting and Viewing Funny Selfies
‘Selfies’ have been around for a while now but they really took off in the last year or so. This simply involves you taking a picture of yourself and posting it to your Facebook account or on Twitter or whatever other social media sites you use. These are often fun snaps which capture a unique moment in time or something intimate brilliantly. Even the big celebrities take loads of selfies. In fact, famous people seem to take them more than anyone else on the planet.
Using Hashtags
If you don’t yet think in hashtags then you probably aren’t a big Twitter user. A hashtag is a symbol (#) which is used to precede certain words on a tweet. What this means is that other people can find your tweets grouped together with others which used the same hashtag. Why not give it a try the next time you are writing a tweet or looking to read something which interests you. Hashtags have recently been added to Facebook as well. They have now truly gone mainstream, being mentioned regularly on TV as well as being voted as 2012 or 2013 word of the year by a lot of people. Vuze uses #dic as a hastag to represent its message “don’t infringe copyright!”
Finding the Latest YouTube Sensation
Do you only ever hear about YouTube videos when they have gone viral and been viewed by 10 million people around the planet? New videos catch the public’s imagination all the time, whether it is a wacky dance craze, a cute animal video or something funny and unexpected happening. Wouldn’t it be great to get in on the start of one of these internet sensations and help it grow? This will involve a lot of searching but if you have the time to do it and trust your judgement then you might find some really incredible YouTube videos before hardly anyone else has seen them or heard of them.
Sharing Files Quickly and Safely
Do you remember the days when downloading any sort of big file meant sitting around for hours while your computer spluttered away? Wait, you don’t still do that, do you? There is really no need to waste so much of your life now when file sharing with a bittorrent software client like Vuze is such an easy option to choose. This is a file sharing method which has been around for a while now and is becoming increasingly popular all the time. When you realize that it involves a group of users simultaneously uploading and downloading little bits of the same file it might sound pretty difficult to do. However, all you really need to do is head along to a trusted site and download the Vuze client. A typical torrent search for files that don’t infringe on copyright will give you a number of fast and safe ways of downloading the file you are interested in. Remember to only share files that don’t violate copyright protections.
Checking Out Photobombs
Photobombs aren’t exactly a new idea but they have really taken off on the internet in recent times. This is a fun activity which involves someone’s picture being ruined by someone or something appearing in it which isn’t meant to be there. The intruder can be there on purpose or it could be a complete accident. There are many sites on the internet showing famous photobombs, with some involving celebrities and other featuring animals or even fish. As well as having a laugh at these ones you could also upload your own or see what ones your friends have to share.
Staying Ahead of the Pack
Finally, we have to consider that if you want to stay ahead of the pack then you really need to get online. On the internet is where the newest and most exciting trends appear on a daily basis. This is a fast moving environment where new words and phrases appear regularly, some of which then go on to become part of mainstream vocabulary. If you have always liked the idea of being in the know but not been sure how to achieve it then the internet could be your best friend. With the help of a few cutting edge sites and some hip friends on Facebook and Twitter you will soon know what the next big things are going to be.
