EDITOR’S CHOICE: Top 10 #Hashtags of 2011

#HashtagThis past April, the late great Jack Layton described Stephen Harper’s crime policies as a “hashtag fail”. Many Canadians most likely responded, “what’s a hashtag?” Well, according to Twitter, the hashtag is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet, all indicated by the symbol #. Here are ten of 2011’s most hyped hashtags. Continue reading

TRENDS: Top 10 of 2010 our kids will be embarrassed of

We are all guilty, myself included, of becoming swept-up in the trends of today’s fashion. Yet, just like we take pleasure in scouring old images of our parent’s ridiculous outfits from their youth and incessantly mocking them, it’s hard to imagine our own children taking any different approach.  Continue reading