Personal Branding

Elissa Stein, 11.19.2009

Author, designer, mother

Last night, at my son's 3rd grade pot luck, while munching on spicy sesame noodles and sipping red wine, I got into an animated conversation with a mo...

Ameeda Chowdhury: The Newest Sensation in Social Media

2morrowknight, 11.20.2009

Author, blogger, internet strategist

As we close out another year, it's natural to wonder what innovations people will talk about in the coming year. One name buzzing in circles is Ameeda Chowdhury, the visionary CEO of Snazl.

Who Are Your Facebook Friends?

Jenifer Fox, 11.17.2009

Author Of Your Child's Strengths, speaker, school expert

Social networks are uncharted waters for everyone, and it's natural to wonder how to stay afloat in the rising tide. With so many people bobbing around, there has to be a system to make sense of it all.

Girls Gone Facebook: Raunch Culture In Social Networks

Courtney Fortune, 11.16.2009

I know Facebook is just a social venue - but it's also our obsession. And if Facebook is our main source of representation, shouldn't it be taken seriously?

Are Any Members of Congress Still on MySpace?

Susannah Vila, 11.12.2009

Graduate student, Columbia University

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 Brings Location History to Latitude App, Wi-Fi to Airports: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 11, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 11.11.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Google is stepping up its mobile tracking services. The company added a Location History feature to its Google Latitude application, which specifies...

When an Entrepreneur Becomes a CEO

Chip Conley, 11.09.2009

Founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality

This work/life frappe has created a blended experience in which it's harder than ever to compartmentalize. Public image should equal private reality.

Crowdsourced Band Release "I've Got Nothing" Single

Scott Campbell, 11.10.2009

Scott Campbell is a young freelance journalist.

A band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single.

How Social Networking Will Transform Learning

Tom Vander Ark, 11.07.2009

www.EdReformer.com

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.

Tweet Your Trysts Not Your Cysts

Eve Tahmincioglu, 11.05.2009

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...

New Twitter Lists: Open House or Velvet Rope?

Catherine Ventura, 11.05.2009

Writer, advertising veteran, Social Media Content Strategist

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?

Soulless Social Media Words

Brandon Mendelson, 11.07.2009

Co-Author, Dracula And Kittens

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...

New Twitter Lists, Social Influence & Torture

Ari Melber, 10.30.2009

Correspondent for The Nation, Politico contributor, www.arimelber.com

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.

The Ugly Underbelly of Facebook and Twitter

Michael D. Brown, 10.29.2009

Former Under Secretary, Homeland Security

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.

Social Networks and You

Tom Morris, 10.28.2009

Tom Morris is one of America's most active public philosophers.

We tend to become like the people we're around. Social contact is contagious. Human nature is amazingly malleable.

16 Amazing Men on Twitter and the Awesome Charities They Support

2morrowknight, 11.01.2009

Author, blogger, internet strategist

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.

Is Facebook a Fad?

Henry Blodget, 10.27.2009

CEO of The Business Insider

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?

All Hyped Up With Nowhere To Go

B. Jeffrey Madoff, 10.23.2009

Founder of Madoff Productions

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.

What is Work? America Re-Imagined at Pop Tech (Day 1)

Sharon Glassman, 10.23.2009

sharonglassman.com

While many of us believe that more money is a motivator, it's actually a stressor that inhibits performance.

Hot Celebrity Gossip!

Michael Kaplan, 10.22.2009

The author of Chances Are and Bozo Sapiens writes about where it all went wrong

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.

The Facebook Other Woman and the Social Networking Casanova: An Old Story, a New Addiction

Ester Amy Fischer, 10.22.2009

Writer, Novelist, Author, "American Courtesan"

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.