Rylan Branch

hon·est
[on-ist]

adjective
1. honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person. 2. showing uprightness and fairness: honest dealings. 3. gained or obtained fairly: […]

public figure
noun

a well-known or notable person; “they studied all the great names in the history of France”; “she is an important figure in modern music” [syn: name]

Welcome Home!
As is the case quite […]

Excerpt from Bill’s recent speech at the NAIS Annual Conference on how teaching and learning will be transformed in the decade ahead.

I believe technology can help teachers be more effective and make learning […]

Welcome to Spring Season 2012!
Truth be told, I was going to post this on Thursday evening March 15, when the thought came to mind, yet my second thought was to believe that we may not really want or need go […]

The mastermind behind the now-famous “Kony 2012” video was detained by police in San Diego yesterday for allegedly being drunk in public and masturbating.

Jason Russell was taken into custody by San Diego […]

at·ti·tude
[at-i-tood, -tyood]

noun
1. manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind: a negative attitude; group […]

T.G.I.F. (Thank God It’s Freeday)
In this case, it would appear that the images speak for themselves and there is not much else to say other than that which the title of this post states, so what we can do to […]

Simon Says – “Update Status” Thursday 3/15 @ 9:45 AM –
Nothing much 2 see here, just some PROGRESS PICTURING visuals from yesterdays adventures. Rylan Branch’s Rate Of Pay – $10.00 per MINUTE “The BEST […]

 
non-factor
a person or thing that isn’t special
a zero; zilch
a overly used term to putdown people on a message board
ex. Xira is such a non-factor.
Source: UrbanDictionary.com

You know the […]

rep·u·ta·tion
[rep-yuh-tey-shuhn]

noun
1. the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation. 2. favorable repute; […]

We can go ahead and put a “done did” stamp on this campaign before it lands in the dead zone similar to the recent Jeremy Lin “Linsanity” bandwagon and make some sense out of and good use for the efforts and […]

Hypothesis – Social Media = Just Like Glee.
On some High School Shit, with the students in continuous episodes of daily drama in an attempt to win a popularity contest in the pursuit of an increase in social […]

You In The Box

Jack In The Box

 A self centered perspective to consider.

Fun
Fun is the enjoyment of pleasure and, according to Johan Huizinga, “an absolutely primary category of life, familiar to everybody at a glance right down to the animal level.” Fun may be encountered in […]

(Editors Note – Friday May 30, 2014)
Article originally published on: Mar 12, 2012 @ 23:41 by Rylan Branch

Welcome Home.
It is that time of the year again, where we conduct one of our annual Facebook Fasting initiatives here at Your Friendly Neighborhood PimpHop.com, and it usually comes during one of the four months in a year where there is a change in seasons.

Over time, the situation with social media addiction shows to be beyond just Facebook, and much more about the attention paid and time spent staring into the screen of a smartphone and or personal computer in general, at the people, places, and things which over time, prove to be a distraction, yet since Facebook is still the leading online social networking service and yours truly does not have a Instagram account and uses Twitter sparingly, we will initiate this process to ensure that our time and attention automatically flows elsewhere and report back with our findings in July when we will officially be in the 2014 Summer season.

Stay Tuned.

(End Note)

us·er  [yoo-zer]
noun
1. a person or thing that uses. 2. one who uses drugs, especially as an abuser or addict. 3. Computers . a person who uses a computer.

This post is  about more of an administrative subject matter as applied to information technology business, yet since life on Earth as we currently know it as is technologically dependent, the information may be of use for more individuals than what would appear to be on the surface.

Facebook From An Administrative Perspective

While conducting research on the MSDN.com (Microsoft Developers Network) website, the term username showed up on the screen which led to a thought about what the term user actually describes, and from somewhat of an urban perspective, and even suburban at times, the term user is usually one of disparagement towards another (a diss).

user
(Urban Dictionary Definition)
user (n.) – a person who uses a friend or aquaintance
solely for the purposes of gaining a type of advantage;
whether it be:

1) when no one else is around, they need
someone (like you) to take them places

2) someone who doesn’t include you in any activities that they have
with their friends, who you too, are friends with, yet
YOU would invite him or her in a heart beat

3) a person who completely ignores you when he or she
is with a group of people who may be cooler than you

4) a person who can call you ANYTIME and you would be there for them,
and yet if you try to call him or her, they will not pick up;
however, ONLY for using purposes he or she would pick up,
like if he or she needs a RIDE somewhere (yet they would pick up
their phone for any other person)

5) a person who constantly gives you excuses…when you know he or she is completely full of SHIT, and even after all this, this person still calls you their “friend”
Lianna was a user to Charlie because she felt, why not?

Ponder yonder. 

Captain Poison – From The 2006 Film Blood Diamond
Captain Poison is the nameless leader of a local terrorist group, a smaller faction of the group R.U.F.

He is ruthless, evil, and unforgiving. He brutally […]

Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada (c. 1925 – August 16, 2003) was a military dictator, the third President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King’s African Rifles in 1946. […]

“And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”
– Matthew 24:6

For those who passed through these parts in […]

Jillian Reynolds
Jillian Reynolds (born September 26, 1966), best known by her former name Jillian Barberie, is a Canadian actress, television hostess, and sportscaster. She works on both the […]