Quietly, without trumpets, fan fare, ticker tape parades or walks outside of the limo that give the secret service heart attacks, President Barack Obama has been changing the way the executive branch of the government does business online.  Not only that he's influencing the other branches, in part...

I have been asked this quite a few time over the last week or so which suggests people want to but don't know if they should.  Here are seven reasons why I think you should. 1. ROT (Return on Time) If as a recruiter you are doing your job well, you will be keeping touch with good quality c...

Word of the release of an exciting new project from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Thomson Reuters. From the Berkman Center Site: Researching the nature of news, and media information flows, has always faced a difficult challenge: there is so much produced by so many outlets that...

Good morning all, With the NJDOE and just about every other state department of education talking about the importance of globally connected (aka ‘flattened’) classrooms, many districts are trying to figure out exactly what that means and how to get there. Let’s face it: our time i...

Yahoo answers is evolving to be just a USENET, there is no structure to information creation as there is in Wikipedia.Robert Hooker supports these messages. Kind of....

If you’re an agency pilfering out social media advice to your clients, you might be constantly asked what’s the best way to come up with some winning strategies and campaigns.  After some careful consideration and a further review of what’s going on in the social world, it seems t...

We are constantly exposed to content management systems day to day and have a huge number of them (and it’s growing too!) in our CMS list. We have noticed more and more that people are having a hard time deciding how to choose the right CMS for the job. It’s not an easy task for some people, and...

Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? With over 100 panels to choose from on every topic under the sun, choosing the right ones that will give your nonprofit the best research, tools and resources in technology and social media is key. Here are my top 10 picks in chronological or...

My dad, who has worked in the field of ESL for several decades, sent me a link to a goofy movie he “made” this morning, which he describes as “An exercise in communication.” I vant to learn Inglich After watching the video, I became intrigued with the site where he made it, x...

people, Internet, Entrepreneurship Robert Buderi wrote: For entrepreneurs and investors alike, it was a sad day back in January, when Y Combinator founder Paul Graham announced he would stay in Silicon Valley year round and give up splitting his startup incubation activities between Mountain View an...