As we struggle to make ends meet in tough economic times, there are many well-written blogs that focus on personal development and budgeting.

Recommended sites on living frugally and being successful include advice by Steve Pavlina, Erica Douglass, and Lynnae McCoy. Echoing my suggestions 12 months ago...

The blogosphere is abuzz in the wake of President Barack Obama's statement in Shanghai Sunday night that he doesn't use Twitter, nor has he ever typed a tweet. MG Siegler at TechCrunch reacts and opines:

This is interesting considering the Internet, and social media in particular, was considered...

I am sorry I have to write, this but it appears some of the leading technology journals are unable to agree on the difference between a ban and a block. If I didn't know better, some editors might think the two verbs are synonyms.

The facts

On October 6, 2009,...

In the wake of numerous individuals and organizations realizing they either don't have a LinkedIn profile or need to update their existing one, here are 12 ways to use LinkedIn today.

1. If you have a LinkedIn profile, please keep it updated. If you want to know why, ask your...

Responding to an email that questioned whether parents invade their children's privacy by posting content across web channels, Chris Pirillo created a blog post entitled, "Should Parents Share a Kid's Life Online?"

The crux of his blog post is echoed in this video:

Moments after Barack Obama was inaugurated the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, the White House blog was born with a call to action written by new media director Macon Phillips...

Detailed by The Boston Globe last week, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority seeks to drastically eliminate subway, bus, and rail services; raise faires; and cut 805 jobs in an effort to alleviate $160 million in...

Disclosure: In late February, I was recruited by Robin Carey and Jerry Bowles, co-founders of Social Media Today and joined their team as a community manager. That said, this is not a sponsored post but an amended version of what previously appeared on my personal blog, linked at the bottom...

If you are a blogger, please join me on April Food Day.

Responding to the economic downturn and the fact that people are losing their jobs, the editors of Easy & Elegant Life and Pigtown*Design joined forces to create a blogger action day on April 1, 2009,...

If the term "Government 2.0" is new to you, think about:

the next generation of government that leverages technology to enable two-way communication with the public, improve management practices, and prepare the leaders of the future.

Such is the lead-in to a Reuters-carried press release in September 2008 about...

Govloop founder Steve Ressler recollects in an email to me about a website launch late last year devoted to sharing the lives of U.S. government employees:

While the media portrays public servants as a bunch of faceless, incompetent bureaucrats, we are individuals just like you who wake up every...

The next time you need to do a number two, be sure to stop by the Bronx Zoo, sit on their eco loo, and watch your human poo slide down the toilet OOOH -- without water!

Foam, not water, helps...

Despite Colorado Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) opining it would be "impolite" to send Twitter messages from the House floor, about half a dozen members of Congress (from both political parties) thumbed their iPhones and BlackBerries while President Obama spoke about the economy and technology.

How would Polis respond to...

One week ago, a U.S. Airways jet was allegedly attacked by a "double bird strike" and the pilot forcibly water ditched in New York's Hudson River.

You know that already, right? Maybe you heard it on the evening news or read it on CNN or the BBC. Nearly every...

I read about your new role and presumed responsibilities on the new WhiteHouse.gov blog.

After observing your LinkedIn and Twitter profiles (the former which appears to be outdated and the latter for which you are protecting your updates, as marked by my subsequent request to follow), I'd...

I was a twinkle in my mother's eye on January 20, 1961 when President John F. Kennedy orated his first inaugural address, reciting those historic words, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."

Did you catch the recent CNN.com story about GOP leaders vying for the Republican National Committee chairmanship and turning to Twitter to air their views and gain support?

CNN reporter Alexander Mooney praised President-elect Barack Obama for "he appeared to revolutionize the way technology could be integrated into every...

Browsing through President-elect Barack Obama's technology platform released during his campaign, I notice zero references to "social media," "Government 2.0" or "e-government," the three most-popular terms given to the civic engagement space that social media-meets-government is all about.

Judging from press releases and blog posts, many nations around the...

Surely you've heard of the Obama-Biden Transition Project and know it's a 501c(4) organization, right? Have you visited the official website at change.gov, read the blog, and shared your vision for America?

If you think like I do, perhaps you agree with Josh Bernoff's three tips...

As President-elect Barack Hussein Obama began speaking to a crowd of 125,000 people at Chicago's Grant Park, the clock struck 12:01 a.m. in the White House, soon to...