The popularity of LinkedIn has soared - the year over year growth is 200%, and the economy is the culprit. I’m seeing people on Twitter talking about their education, and looking for work, asking for leads. Facebook has seen growth as well, with people friending others, no matter how remote, i...

I awoke early on Monday morning, to see twitter alive with Skittles comments, posts and tweets crowding my screen. I knew something was going on, but didn’t bother to look until the hubbub had died down, at least a little. Skittles CC on Flickr by Suwaif In fact, it didn’t even cross my ...

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With so many blogs already online and more appearing every day, it’s hard differentiate your content and build credibility. In my opinion, perception around the quality of blog content has decreased significantly as the utter mass continues to grow at an astonishing rate. In other words, quant...

Los Angeles Times: Larry Levine is hard at work in a sketchy apartment complex in Canoga Park, a noisy and joyless place with an enclosed courtyard that resembles a prison cellblock. Upstairs in the back, behind a blanket blocking the light of day, Levine paces his cramped one-bedroom. Stacks of law...

I was happy to have a chance to speak on a panel Friday at the CASE 2009 Conference in Seattle (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education). 123’s own CIO Mark Walker was also on the panel, along with Eric Warn, the Director of Alumni Relations from Antioch University (*Disclosure, Antio...

Every journalist has at least heard of the big-shot social networks like Facebook and MySpace and many journalists have signed up for accounts. But one of the great strengths of the Internet are all the niches it allows to flourish. These niches can be great for journalists, and sites like Ning mak...

I received an email today from a reader of my blog named, Tony Sheppard. He did not leave me a URL in the email so I can’t provide you with a link to his blog or site. Tony seems to be a very motivated and determinded person with the desire to push forward with making money online. My advice t...

Over the past few days, the paralysing ability the summer heat has given me some free time to myself that I haven't had in a while. While most of it have been catching up on the games I've missed out (or just missed) over the past few years, some part of it has been spent returning to the roots of w...

Soon there will be no more gay bookstores in New York City. The Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the oldest gay bookstore in the United States, is closing. It’s not the first time we’ve heard this news; they almost closed in 2002 but fortunately Lambda Rising, a DC-based gay bookstore, bought them ...