Humans are provincial; Americans doubly so. In fact, we online human-Americans oftentimes can't think past our sweat pants, ironic T, and bunny slippe...

Communities are so used to being abused that you'll be surprised and insulted by the level of caution, dread, and mistrust you'll wander into, even if your intentions are pure and you're just looking for ways to discover, engage, and help folks online.

Are we taking social media terms much too literally? They are called social media for a reason -- they are not so much social communities as they are sources of information and platforms for communication.

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...