It's one thing for a blogger, a media outlet or an advocacy organization to flee a social network for greener pastures, but aren't Congress members using social media for slightly different reasons?
Google is stepping up its mobile tracking services. The company added a Location History feature to its Google Latitude application, which specifies...
This work/life frappe has created a blended experience in which it's harder than ever to compartmentalize. Public image should equal private reality.
A band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single.
Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy in education have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas. I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale.
I don't mind if you tweet about bowl movements or your latest sexual escapades, but why would you disclose information about your health, or your fami...
It's a whole new party and that party looks a bit like high school or a private club. It also bears a slightly unnerving resemblance to Old Media. What is Vanity Fair if not Graydon Carter's list?
Lately I can’t seem to read a blog post that doesn’t involve any of the following words and phrases. These words are a menace. One worse t...
Previously, Twitter essentially held the market on recommending users, through its official list of suggested users. But it just launched a tool enabling users to create their own lists on the site.
Facebook and Twitter were going to offer me a platform from which I could see and read the opinions and activities of people far and near. But now I oftentimes wonder why I stay online.
We tend to become like the people we're around. Social contact is contagious. Human nature is amazingly malleable.
Profiles of sixteen men doing extraordinary work, and who value service and volunteerism. And, an inside look at which nonprofits are making a difference and positively impacting our planet.
In the history of the Internet, there have been an alarming number of sites that caught people's attention for a while, but then eventually lost their allure. Is Facebook one of them?
We all run out of time, and there is not really a way to save it. But one of the major ways we seem to be trying to save time is in how we communicate with each other.
While many of us believe that more money is a motivator, it's actually a stressor that inhibits performance.
Our partners, our relatives, our neighbors and friends may not be glamorous or wealthy, but they can offer something that Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise never can: they actually care about us.
What happened to me is that I both fell in love and had my heart broken on Facebook. On Facebook. With someone I'd never met.
One has to wonder just what the editors at NPR will say if they are asked, "Is it OK to post a link to last night's Jon Stewart rant or to Frank Rich's recent editorial on my Facebook page?"
There is a powerful network linking us all, and maybe Milgram had the right idea - even though his research was flawed.
I promise this to you, if you hold on to the belief that you will find a job, and aggressively pursue that belief, you will survive these hard times!
Let's move beyond the silly argument of how much television people should watch. If you are a parent, the amount of TV your children watch should not be another area for you to stress about.
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