Social Media

Krishna Gnawali, PhD We live in a fast-paced and hyper-connected society, where we have access to an overwhelming amount of information and opportunities with the internet at our fingertips. We always rush over things and want to catch up almost with everything, it is part of our human nature, and…

For the second part of our journey, we are diving into everyone’s favorite photo-sharing platform, Instagram! Instagram fundamentally differs from Twitter in several key ways: Instagram is photos (and now Reels, more on that later) first. This means that the only text you will see on the platform is from…

Hello fellow Mediumers (?) Much has changed since my last post. I’m no longer a Nutrition Scientist, I moved to the Netherlands and now I work as a FrontEnd Developer. It sounds less drastic if you consider most of my fellow Brazilian millennials are getting Science degrees to work in…

Our experiences on the internet are now dominated by a small handful of companies who are getting pretty used to throwing their weight around. The content we get to see is driven by marketing dollars and black box algorithms to drive engagement, with little to no focus on quality. …

Last week, we discussed some of the building blocks of strong graphic design: color, font, and size. This week, we will begin the process of diving headfirst into creating content, beginning a four-part series on the different platforms used in the communications world. Each platform serves a different purpose, especially…