Larry Magid, 2/11/12

Technology journalist

So, is this a bad thing? I suppose some people could interpret anything positive that people return to often as addictive, but if "intense engagement and emotional enjoyment" is a bad thing than we have to worry more than just Facebook.

Joni Hirsch Blackman, 2/9/12

Nest Half Full columnist

To Facebook or not to Facebook: I never thought that was the question. The last thing I needed was yet another reason to stay in front of a screen. But I am increasingly frustrated by this virtual brick wall.

Lisa Belkin, 2/9/12

Senior Columnist on Life/Work/Family, Huffington Post

Each year since you left high school makes you that much more likely to see the "latest" technological thing as a bit of a mystery that you leave, with a resigned smile, to the next group in line. So your assignment today is to immerse yourself in something that doesn't seem like something you would "get."

Andrew Winston, 2/10/12

Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies; Author, 'Green to Gold' and 'Green Recovery'

Combine Apple's incredible earnings with the reality of life in its supply chain, and it's clear that the tech giant could afford to do much better by workers.

Abby Tolchinsky, 2/10/12

Founding Partner of Family Mediation, LLP

As a divorce mediator and lawyer, sometimes I feel like I've heard it all. I am terribly hard to shock. And yet, yesterday something shocked me: a divorce announcement via email.

Craig Newmark, 2/10/12

Founder, craigslist and craigconnects.org

Hey, people in Veterans Affairs and elsewhere are working with folks in private industry to help vets get jobs. They're doing some genuinely innovative work.

Shelly Palmer, 2/10/12

Host, Shelly Palmer Digital Living

There are many wonderful things I can say about Apple's OSX Lion operating system, but compatibility with Microsoft Exchange isn't on the list.

Steve Blank, 2/9/12

Author, 'The Four Steps to the Epiphany'

While MBA's have had a stack of texts to help them "execute" a business model, The Startup Owner's Manual joins the growing library of books for practitioners in "search" of a business model.

Greg Goldberg, 2/10/12

Assistant Sociology Professor, Wesleyan University; Musician

When Google institutes a privacy overhaul in March, what are 350 million Gmail users to do? In the battle against SOPA/PIPA, Internet users got a glimpse of how powerful the participation industry has become.

Paul Johnson, 2/9/12

Humorist; Writer; Would Love to be Invited to Your Party

We estimate 50 percent of married users ages 28-35 joined Facebook for the sole purpose of trying to track down and potentially hook-up with an old high school boyfriend/girlfriend.

Ruth Eglash, 2/9/12

Journalist

More than 12,000 people "attended" the two-day online event, indicating that there is a solid base of people still committed to finding a way to resolve the on-going conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Robert Holleyman, 2/9/12

CEO, Business Software Alliance

Software piracy rates are highest in the developing world, where per capita incomes are lowest. For some observers, this correlation is evidence of causation. But that does not hold up under close scrutiny.

Robert Whent, 2/7/12

Entrepreneur in Residence, WEtech Alliance

You know when you type in a URL into your web browser and it comes up with a high-resolution image of R2-D2 that this is going to be a fun place to shop -- www.hammacher.com does just that. Geeks everywhere rejoice.

Wendy Sachs, 2/8/12

Writer, Author, TV Producer

Facebook Envy can be downright harmful to self esteem. But Facebook is an alternate universe, not reality. It's a ubiquitous PR machine where everyone's persona can sparkle brighter.

Alexander Howard, 2/8/12

Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O'Reilly Media

The growing importance of data journalism will be recognized in the first ever international Data Journalism Awards.

Julia Allison, 2/8/12

Journalist

Most airlines recognize Twitter and Facebook as effective and easy methods of both informing customers and mitigating public-relations disasters. The question really is: How comfortable are they in their social-media skin?

Women 2.0, 2/8/12

Enabling female tech entrepreneurs.

Women have to overcome the insecurities that appear when there is a perception of somehow falling behind others. We have to realize that there's room for everyone at the table and that we all won't take the same path to get there.