I can't stop watching TED talks. Really, there's no better way to spend 20mins. Here's one on practical wisdom and doing well by doing good. He discusses over-reliance on rules and how it fucks up community and empathy and leads us down to mediocrity. C'mon kids, let's end the wa...

Addicted to twitter. Oh not really, not like a crack monkey with 140-character sentences dripping out of my nose, but enough so that I've started using tw- as a regular prefix. Because it's fun. Duh. I can track news, random people, mommy bloggers, localites, politics, zen quotes and far awa...

You are not too late to enjoy the benefits of social media — you will never be too late — because the spoils in social media marketing go to the company that can maintain its social media participation over the long haul over the long term. Start now, start later, and I guarantee that if you’r...

MATT DRISCOLL: TITLOW, LOCKE, SMOKING, DRUNK MOMS >>> Ah, the weekend. There’s really nothing better. After slaving away for five days straight, that two day respite is all some people have to live for. While I happen to have a wonderful wife and kid, an illustrious fantasy football caree...

The forty-third World Communications Day will be observed 24 May 2009. In Message for the day, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, titled "New Technologies, New Relationships: Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship," His Holiness reflects on ... Below I provide the text of his Messag...

Photo shop? They want to photoshop? Retards. They hacked the webiste and put a photo of a monkey after a report citing the national mafia (the government). This website,, Akbaralasr: GVOL: Mohamed Al-Jabali, the editor of Akhbaralasr news website is the latest casualty in a wave of intimidations tar...

Photo shop? They want to photoshop? Retards. They hacked the webiste and put a photo of a monkey after a report citing the national mafia (the government). This website,, Akbaralasr: GVOL: Mohamed Al-Jabali, the editor of Akhbaralasr news website is the latest casualty in a wave of intimidations tar...

It’s a great fortune to learn the art of genuinely connecting with people. Sometimes people remark that meeting me provides real connectivity; that they feel listened to, and a genuine sense of comradery. I think about this brick and mortar connectivity as it applies to online communities and ...

Here's a note to the client: if you are hiring somebody to write stuff for you, you should accept that they are probably a better writer than you. No matter how good a writer you think you are, unless you write for a living, you're not that great. Hell, even some of the folks who do write fo...

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