Daafram Campbell, Disrupting the way we use Business Cards and Network: Switchit App!
By Mercedez McIntyre
How many times have you gone to an event to network, had a great experience and then found yourself trying your hardest to remember the names or contact information of everyone! At Urban Freedom Magazine we have come up with dozens of ways to retain business cards or requesting emails be sent just to organize it all. Then we came across Switchit! After downloading the app I looked through the website to make sure this was what I needed and worth using phone memory.
“ A business card is the first impression a person has of your brand and is key to establishing a strong and lasting relationship with potential customers. At Switchit, is to make one-on-one connections memorable. Today Switchit provides the most sophisticated multimedia digital business card in the industry. Make great first impressions, share content, and be remembered.
How They are Different?
Switchit® flexes with your core message and networking objectives through integrated multimedia features paired with dedicated networking tools. We provide an intuitive way to share great content and nurture leads.”
As founder and editor, personally, I must keep contacts in 2 completely different forms of contacts for two different job roles. Switchit helped immensely! In further research, I wanted to know who is the person to create such a great yet simple form of new technology. Furthermore who decided to finally help with our issue of building connections in person and not just social media.
To my excitement, it was Daafram Campbell an African-American pro-level graphics designer. Working alongside Tammy Robinson. Breaking into the world of technology and disrupting networking communication as we know it. During our phone interview that lasted well over our scheduled time due to such great rapport of similar missions. He explained the exact problem I had and made me a believer of how Switchit is the problem solver. I have been using the app ever since.
Download Switchit Today and get your networking style organized! Stay tuned for collaborations with Urban Freedom and Swtichit.
Instagram: @switchitapp
Website: www.switchitapp.com
Facebook Discrimination-No, It's not your Imagination
Research studies have shown that Facebook deliberately has settings to remove or restrict content views based on Demographics of who is posting. So let us call this "Reverse Urban Freedom". Upon recent review via reports & full receipts by ProPublica Facebook censorship guidelines are geared to do minimal in protecting minorities and those protesting racism. The root of the problem comes from the rules Facebook created to censor users. Their guidelines are to prevent nudity, violence and hate speech.
Can you spot the problem here? The first two are clear; if someone posts a nudity or violence Facebook removes it. Now the next question, who dictates hate speech? In my eyes hate speech can be from an angry driver at a red light to the very speech content given by our current president. So now what? Facebook created a list of "protected categories". To help the censorship team Facebook created a training program that includes a quiz to test censorship comprehension of their employees.
Let's Play Can you pass the Facebook Censorship Training Below:
Photo Credit_ ProPublica
So how can Facebook get away with this? Quite simple now that we live in the land of verbal gray area. The United States protects the marginalized via affirmative action. However, this is where things get gray...Facebook refuses to accept nor acknowledge the existence of marginalization. With this perspective, Facebook says its goal is to not protect one person over another.
In retrospect, this seems to be a great plan. The problem is what happens when a Black Man is gunned down & users want to vent, share or release? They are now in censorship violation. In the home of our city, University of Maryland professor Danielle Citron states colorblindness is not protection but the lack thereof when it comes to people who need it most.
How is it possible that someone can create hate speech on Facebook promoting gun violence or race bans but someone who speaks against it is now performing hate speech? Facebook says all systems have their faults including them but it's just the hit we have to sometimes take. I would say this is the best passive-aggressive answer for a billion dollar company with more control than it is willing to publicly admit.
Now, do we see the importance of Black-Owned Media? The purpose of our own media streams is not to segregate but to create platforms where support & standing up for wrong isn't considered "Hate Speech" but a movement for change.