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erin  ·  4084 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My first entry for the Huffington Post

Congratulations on being picked up by The Huffington Post!

I loved the article, and it could not have come at a better time. I am strongly weighing the idea of following my Master's with a PhD with a focus on new media -- or as I have debated with myself, with the Internet of things, are we reaching an era of 'post-media'? Of course, when you throw out a term like that to professors in a college of communications, they tilt their head to the side and look at you strangely.

I think your article captured some of my thinking. What happens when everything becomes a medium?

Right now, I am taking (begrudgingly) a course about strategic communications/advertising. Although there are very distinct elements to the field, we can argue everything is advertising today. If a friend shows off his new car, it's advertising. If a person wears a shirt with a logo, it's advertising. All this chatter about developing a personal brand? Yup, advertising.

What happens when we begin installing refrigerators that send us a text message to tell us we're low on milk?

My personal theories about the Internet and technology are pretty far out there, so I am glad to see I am not the only person who thinks there is going to be some massive evolution of mankind. Having a background in media, I am anxious to see at what level we'll be sharing information in the future.