My Favorite Things #20: BaddieWinkle & Barbie

Socality Barbie
Socality Barbie is this amazing Instagram account that satirizes the “authentic lifestyle” trend on Instagram. Picturesque landscapes, lattes in cafes, and thoughtful stares into the distance aren’t safe on this account created by a Portland-based wedding photographer who thought the homogeneity of their authenticity and universality of their socality all but demanded satirization.

The Era of Now: Content Curation, Exhibition, & Special Edition

Some Mondays, it hits you. The fact that future is NOW, that trends and cultural shifts you have discussed for months are happening NOW. That the open forum that is the Internet and social media allows for big things to occur. That we are in a modern era where everything is viewed with a post post-modernist’s critique. Maybe I’m thinking way too much into this, but within an hour of being at work, four interesting and extraordinary events have taken place that make me sit back and freak out, because we are in the now.

Pepsi Puts A Pop Culture “Cheat Sheet” At The Heart Of Its New Campaign

Awesome Social Stuff – Week of 8.15 – 8.19

Floppy Portrait by Nick Gentry

Stats

Scanapalooza: QR Codes
What it is
An infographic depicting how people are interacting with QR codes.

Why it matters
Though QR codes have been used for almost a year, they are gaining popularity and starting to appear everywhere from advertisements to museum exhibits.  Based on the research used for this infographic, 42% of people know what a QR code is. Of that percentage, 67% have scanned them.  Now that QR codes are becoming more recognized,