Online Community

A Modern Voice of an Ancient Alphabet

Kelley Harrell | Posted 05.09.2012

Kelley Harrell

The insights he drew from that era fuel his drive to share the Runes as a tool to help others needing such wisdom today. In that light, Tyriel feels the Runes have great significance to modern life and perspectives.

(fluff)Friends: A Warning to Game Developers

Kit Marsters | Posted 11.30.2011

Kit Marsters

For a game developer, a dedicated community of players is everything. You can spend your life working on a brilliant game, but without players to embrace your creation it hasn't got a heart, or a soul.

The Women We Know

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 11.17.2011

Morra Aarons-Mele

Something positive is happening among American women, and it's largely happening online in "micro communities," and then in large gatherings. Micro communities of powerful women are working together.

The Future Starts Now!

Darell Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011

Darell Hammond

In my world at KaBOOM!, it starts with a playground.  In the non-profit and philanthropic world, the future starts now. As part of the non-prof...

The Philosophical Significance of Twitter: Consciousness Outfolding

Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Daou

The collective sharing of our thoughts, from the inane to the mundane to the profound, enabled by technology, is changing our perception of reality and thus changing reality itself.

Online Social Networks Empower Older People

nytimes.com | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 11.17.2011

Like many older people, Paula Rice of Island City, Ky., has grown isolated in recent years. Her four grown children live in other states, her two marr...

How Social Media Today and its Online Communities Reinforce Blogging

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.25.2011

Ari Herzog

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 ...

Three Quick Steps to Jump-Start America's Public Diplomacy

Jamie Metzl | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamie Metzl

We must transform the American government's primary means of public communication from a one-way broadcast model to a two-way dialogue model.