FACEBOOK PLUNGES... AGAIN

Don Tapscott, 05/21/12

Advisor to government and business leaders; Author, 'Macrowikinomics'

A growing number of people argue that the notion of having a private life in which we carefully restrict what information we share with others may not be a good idea. And this is not just a fringe movement.

James Sims, 05/21/12

Senior Editor, BroadwayWorld.com

"I love you. Was just thinking how hard my fight has been and how tired I am... But then I thought about you and it gives me a shot of will power to keep going."

Steve Blank, 05/21/12

Author, 'The Four Steps to the Epiphany'

What's great for making tons of money may not be the same as what's great for innovation or for our country.

Greg Voakes, 05/21/12

Blogger and digital media producer

Will Thruzt make waves in the social sphere? Possibly. By providing a traffic generating tool for promotion and attention that does not restrain, restrict or censor the submissions from the community -- but that may cause user-retention problems.

Marianne Mollmann, 05/21/12

Senior Policy Advisor, Amnesty International

From a human rights perspective, blanket restrictions on specific means of communication should always raise red flags.

Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D., 05/21/12

Director of Outreach to Religious Communities, National Center for Science Education

Like the Titanic, our present-day industrial civilization is a marvel of human ingenuity, and yet, a reckoning looms on the horizon.

Shira Lazar, 05/21/12

Co-Founder, WhatsTrending.com

Tumblr CEO and founder David Karp and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian -- both 20-something web pioneers -- chatted with me about disrupting traditional media and Facebook IPO during their stop.

David J. Olson, 05/21/12

Nonprofit management and communications expert

WHO's tweets and Facebook messages had paid off. The salt panic in China dissipated as quickly as it had started. WHO had learned of the problem through social media and had rectified it in the same way.

Danny Groner, 05/21/12

Manager, Shutterstock

Here are five ways that Jobs changed the way we think about presentations, and how you can improve yours by following Jobs's lead.

Women 2.0, 05/21/12

Enabling female tech entrepreneurs.

The timer had started running 30 minutes ago. I was sweating from the exertion of rigging up a 500-pound tool string with my crew and the nervousness of being responsible of running a $2 million exploration job in an offshore oil platform in Africa.

Ed Felker, 05/18/12

Fine artist; Outdoorsman

"Network" is such an overused word that it feels like it's lost some of its meaning. But on the third night of the puppies' saga, a network of supporters came together to collect a dog and transport her hundreds of miles to her hungry charges.

Mohamed A. El-Erian, 05/21/12

CEO and co-CIO, PIMCO

Behavioral finance specialists will have a field day with the Facebook IPO as it speaks volumes to an issue that differentiates them from those that espouse the efficient market hypothesis -- namely, that investors can be vulnerable to mistakes dictated by unconscious biases.

Jason A. Llorenz, 05/20/12

Esq. Executive Director, HTTP (Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership)

Digitally literate Hispanic college graduates are key to meeting our future workforce needs. To get there, digital technology must also be integrated into the education mainstream. We now have a five-year goal that may help make this happen.

April Salchert, 05/20/12

Master's Student - Uppsala University

As Mr. Zuckerberg enjoys his Wall Street campaign and wedding nuptials, I am disappearing into the social media shadows. As an activity, it dangerously toes a line of ridiculous social behavior.

Bruce Kushnick, 05/19/12

Executive Director, New Networks Institute

Verizon is now making it clear that it is no longer expanding FiOS, its fiber optic cable service. So what did they accomplish? What did they build? And how much did it cost?

Joel D. Hirst, 05/20/12

Principal, Cordoba Group International

We share so much, with so many, that instead of building intimacy it creates a vast electronic stage upon which we are all actors in some endless, narcissistic play about ourselves.

Zach Puchtel, 05/20/12

Actor, Musician, Former Basketball Player

If you're having trouble deciphering the title of this blog, you may want to freshen up your online lingo. Grammar as we once knew it is being replaced by acronyms, a far cry from the origins of online communication. What's next? You guessed it, cyborg relationships.