Things We Loved This Week

At Emanate, we all like to think of ourselves as young at heart. It’s no surprise that we enjoyed this week’s New York Times piece, What Is It About 20-Somethings?. The story analyzes life for those coming of age in today’s complex society – how chic!

Speaking of getting to where we want to be, social networking giant Facebook just launched its new location service, Places, which allows users to “check in” wherever they are and share that info with their friends. Because Facebook is well known for its “network effect,” it is hoping to open the opportunity for wider distribution to more established location services like Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt and Booyah. We’ll start sending status updates from the kitchen, copy room and elevators next week so you can keep tabs on us.

We loved JetBlue’s response to the dramatic exit of one of its flight attendants, an incident that has gone viral over the past couple of weeks. Harnessing the power of social media, the airline chimed in with a clever blog post invoking Office Space, the pop culture classic that brought disgruntled employees into the mainstream.

While we’re on the topic of “jetting,” the Emanators are sad we missed out on this year’s All You Can Jet Pass – it was a busy, busy week and now they’re sold out! Congrats, JetBlue. Maybe next year…

As was foreseen, the debate over regulating Internet traffic has caused quite a stir. Internet giants Google, Facebook and Verizon, as well as the FCC, have simultaneously contributed to and tried to deflect a whirlwind of conversation involving conspiracy theories, rumors and accusations on the topic of net neutrality. But as Mashable puts it, wait until the proposal is brought to Congress, because “that’s where you’ll find the real fireworks.”

Have a great weekend!

Diana Rostkowski