Darling Media Blog

The Internet  By:Ryan Darling  For this weeks discussion about the internet we were tasked to go online to our favorite social media sites and come up with a few notable people to follow and research.  The people I chose were people or businesses I am interested in and who are for the most part famous and well known.  Topic 1 My first selection was a person who I really look up to in the business world because of his brilliance and drive he was able to start many million and even billion dollar companies.  He is on the forefront of technology and innovation.  This man is Elon Musk,  Musk became a multi-multi-millionare in his twenties and is now worth more then 19 billion dollars.  My favorite tweet the Musk posted was when he was promoting his Boring company's flame-throwers.  He says "Obviously, a flamethrower is a super terrible idea. Definitely don't buy one."  "Unless you like fun."  Why I liked this tweet is b...

About Me JN201 ME: My name is Ryan Darling I live in Lebanon Oregon where I have lived for my whole life.  I am going to school at Linn Benton this summer and transferring to Western Oregon University in the fall to study business.  Some interesting things about me is that I started my first business when I was 15 years old.  It is a lawn care business where I still work today.  I love creating things, last summer I flipped a house and this summer I plan to build a tiny house (if anyone is interested in purchasing one let me know).  My goal when I finish school is to become a financial advisor for Edward Jones. Family: My family is very important to me and I love spending time with them.  My parents are the nicest people I know.  I have two sisters a younger biological sister who is nine and an adopted older sister who is 24.  My parents and older sister never went to college so I am the first one in our family who is making this step. ...