Embracing Innovation

My first reaction to the announcement that part of our social media class assignments was to "tweet", I instantly was defiant. I had no use for Twitter, I do not care what celebrities are doing nor am I interesting enough to have followers. I had already canceled my Myspace account and occasionally used Facebook but had never considered tweeting. However, I started reading and researching the disaster in Haiti realizing that so much good was being done through social mediums. The relief and donations from digital media and social mediums are providing a huge surge to the efforts to help in during this tragedy. As I texted my donation to the Red Cross last night, I decided to embrace new innovations and technology before passing judgement as a useless product that decreases personal, meaningful communication. Without the tweeters, Facebook accounts, and countless other mediums the spread of goodwill and social conscience would not be as global and would ultimately fail to meet the needs of those suffering.