Hi I'm Alexis but I liked to be called Lex. I am 16 years old and my birthday is March 30th, 1995. I have two older brother Michael and Brandon and a little sister Jade. I also have a dog named Fifi. I made this blog for my BCA class.

Myspace and Facebook Critical Review

Myspace and Facebook are two of the biggest social networking websites, although Facebook has become more popular than Myspace. Myspace was the most popular social networking website in June 2006 until Facebook took over in April 2008. Myspace was created by Tom Anderson and Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg. Myspace and Facebook are great ways to stay in touch with your old friends.  You have friends on both these websites that you can request or people can request you. Myspace started off more as a social networking site, but many people changed to Facebook and now Myspace is used more for music. Musicians can put their music on their to get more fans. Facebook is mostly used for social purposes. On Facebook and Myspace, you can create a profile. People that you are friends with can comment on your profile and you can comment on theirs. You can also upload pictures that people can comment on. This keeps you in touch with people in your life. For entertainment purposes on Myspace, you can check out your favorite bands profiles. On Facebook, you can "like" groups of different topics that interest you. For recreational purposes, Myspace and Facebook users can use these websites to communicate easily with the people in their lives, play games, view pictures and videos, as well as many other things. These websites however can be abused. Many people start fights over the Internet that normally wouldn't because it is easier for them to say it over the internet then to someone's face. These sites may also be dangerous because you can meet strangers on it or somebody can pretend to be somebody they are not. Besides this, MySpace and Facebook are great sites for social, entertainment, and recreational purposes.

LinkedIn Critical Review

LinkedIn is a social networking site mostly used by businesses. It is the world's largest professional website. LinkedIn can help people with their business, social life, and keep them up to date with daily news. Business owners can use linked to expand their businesses and sell their products. People who are searching for jobs can look at profiles of managers who are hiring. If you find a job you are interested in, you can bookmark it. For social purposes, LinkedIn can keep you in touch with coworkers and employers. It allows you to connect with people you know and businesses you would like to know more about. You have a contact list of people called "connections". For news purposes, businesses can post daily news and upcoming events occurring within their business. It also shows people jobs that are available. Although Linked can be very resourceful, there is also a downside. People can lie about their professions on this website. Also, if a person makes one bad comment on the website, it can be linked to your job and it may ruin your entire career or get in big trouble. Aside from this, LinkedIn is a very useful social networking site that can help businesses interact with other businesses and people.

Twitter Critical Review

Twitter is a social networking site. Twitter is used to share short (140 character) updates about your life, called tweets. You can look up your friends or other people that you can follow in order to see their updates. Twitter was created by members of the podcasting company Odeo. The codename for the service was twttr. The first twitter message was created by Dorsey at on March 21st, 2006 at 9:50 PM. The tweet said "just setting up my twttr".  Twitter became its own company in April 2007. Twitter grew rapidly. By March 2010, there were 70,000 registered applications and twitter users were sending 50 million tweets a day. Twitter can be used for business, social, entertainment, news, and recreational purposes. Businesses can use twitter to update their employees on what they are doing and they can use it to twitter to keep things up to date and in order. Twitter is also a great way to keep in touch with your friends and other people in your life to see what they are doing for social use. Many celebrity's use twitter and their fans can follow their twitters to see what their favorite celebs are up to for entertainment purposes. For News purposes, people can go on Twitter and look at what politicians are writing on their Twitters. People can also use Twitter for news like sports, where they can get updates and many other useful information. Twitter is also good for recreational purposes because you people can post pictures and videos. .Some people complain that people are becoming to obsessed with Twitter and believe it is unnecessary to let people know exactly what you are doing at every second of the day. Others disagree and believe Twitter is a great way to keep in touch with busy friends and is great for many other purposes as well.

Blogger Critical Review

A blog is a website used to to write stuff on an ongoing bases. You can make it however you want. You can post links, pictures, videos, and anything else you want on your blog. Every blog has a different purpose. They create communities for group discussions on a specific topic. They are a form of communication and are used for information, entertainment, opinions on certain subjects, and more. Blogger is a type of blog-publishing service. Blogger was launched on August 23rd, 1999 by Prya Labs. It was one of the earlist blog-publishing websites. Businesses can use blogs to promote their business. Blogger allows people to connect and share opinions by commenting on each others blogs. Blogs can be used for entertainment, movies, music, news and other topics people may be interested in. People can blog about their favorite sports team, TV show, or local events happening that interests them for entertainment. For social networking purposes, blogs can be used to keep in touch with your friends. Newspapers are becoming outdated and people can now use blogger for daily news updates. People can post whatever they want on their blogs so everyone can see their ideas and even make a comment about them for recreational purposes. However, the use of blogs can be negative. There is no security in the blogging system which can lead to people posting inappropriate things which can be seen by everybody and cyber bulling. Besides that, blogger is great for business, social, entertainment, news, and recreational use. 

This video takes you on a tour of New York City throughout the entire 24 hour day. It shows you the Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown, Central Park, and many other places. There is always something going on in the city no matter what time it is.

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A Guide to NYC

New York city is a very famous city in the United States. It is located on a natural harbor on the Atlantic coast of the Northeastern United states. New York city has five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhatten, and Staten Island. It has a population of 8.4 million and is the most populated city in the United States. Many famous landmarks and places in New York city is the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the Empire State Building, Central Park, and Rockefeller Center.