Drew's Cool Adventures and Clever Book Interpretations

      After a couple busy weeks of training combined with schoolwork, baseball and traveling it is finally time for opening day. I've been waiting for the MLB season to start as a fan and as an intern, so I am super excited for baseball to start.      Even though the training days weren't terrible for my internship, they were pretty long and boring. The worst part was when I had to sit on zoom for two of the days, it got very boring sitting in the same spot for hours. The actual information was interesting and helped me feel more comfortable heading into opening day.      There are many unique parts to working for the Reds, but one that stands out as a new intern is that the busiest day is the first day. The interns are thrust into the action without having any experience. Thankfully, our team leaders understand that we may not know exactly what to do and will help us out.      As a Reds fan, this year has the potential to be v...

     Last Friday our class completed a live tweeting assignment where we picked a speaker of our choice during the social media workshop to tweet about. This was a unique assignment and experience. I had never tweeted much before this, so it felt unusual using the post button. I am going to overview my experience with this assignment and what I thought was interesting about it.      First, I like how we only had to tweet during one of the speakers. This gave everyone flexibility throughout the day on when they wanted to do the assignment. For me, I wanted to wait for a couple of speakers so I could figure out how long they spoke or what I would maybe tweet if they were my speaker. Once I felt comfortable and ready to go, I decided to go for it on the third speaker.      The speaker was Colin Wylie, who talked about branding from a company's perspective. Colin works at Ohio State University with the social media team. It was very interesting t...

      Snapchat took over the younger generations shortly after its release in 2011. It is interesting to me that three guys founded it in college. I can't imagine what that must have been like for those guys. Now that Snapchat has been around for a while, it's weird to see that it was originally named "Picaboo". There are many other interesting facts about Snapchat and ways to market using the app.     It makes sense that it is most popular among the 18-24 age group by a longshot. I don't think I know one person in our age group that doesn't have Snapchat. Even if you don't snap people or post on your story, almost everyone uses it to text each other or use group chats. It was surprising to me to see that India was the number one country for Snapchat, while the U.S was number two.     Snapchat is the place to market if your target market consists of 18-24-year old's. The ads on Snapchat receive more visual attention than any of the other popular social...

    I was very excited going into spring break. I was excited to be with my friends and family without thinking about school. I ended up doing a lot over break, and it was a great time.      The first weekend, my friends and I went out at UC. We had a pretty good time, but we were ready for our trip to Gatlinburg. We left on Sunday and were all ready to get going. We got everything set up at the cabin with all the food, drinks and whatever else people brought. We hung out and played PlayStation and chilled out the first night.       On Monday we went on a small hike during the day and grilled steaks for dinner. Then, we all hung out and stayed up late. The next morning, they all played golf. Everyone wasn't feeling the best after the previous night. Unfortunately, I watched eighteen holes of golf. It got pretty boring towards the end, but we still had a fun night back at the cabin. On Wednesday we went on a long 5.5-mile hike on a mountain in...

      I still don't know if I will ever actually call it X. Many people feel the same way, it is almost unprecedented that an app which has been around for a while and is popular has had a name change so abruptly. I don't even remember seeing anything about it before it happened. All I remember was opening my phone and seeing some weird app in Twitter's place.      Elon Musk does many out of the ordinary things, with changing the name to X being the par for the course. At the surface level, it seems pointless to change the name of an app that is already as established as Twitter was. But, after looking at Musk's future vision for X, you could make a case for it making sense. He wants the app to be the hub for pretty much anything on the internet. Whether that is transactions or social media. Now, that is a lofty expectation but if X is somehow able to get on that path, changing the name could force people to be more open minded.      Most soc...

      This spring break is unique for me, because it will be the only spring break ever without baseball for me. All throughout high school we played baseball during break and were never allowed to go somewhere. Last year at ONU I went to Florida with the team. But this year there is no point in me going because I can't do anything. So I have the freedom to do whatever I want for my only real spring break.     I didn't even think about this until right before my surgery. Thankfully I brought it up right as my friends were making plans and I was able to get in on the trip. All ten of us finally decided to rent out a cabin in Gatlinburg and we're staying there from Sunday-Thursday. There are many things that I am excited about for the break.     First, it will be very nice not to have to worry about school for a week. Second, I'm super excited to spend time with my friends. This will be my first vacation without any parents there so it should be interest...