via Mashable Social Media Among certain circles (my family, some of my coworkers, etc.) I’m known for my Googling skills. I can find anything, anywhere, in no time flat. My Google-fu is a helpful skill, but not one that’s shrouded in too much mystery — I’ve just mastered some very helpful search tricks and shortcuts Read More

via Mashable Social Media Does the requirement that you must use your real name on Facebook and Google+make you shy away from saying anything risqué on those networks?

via The New York Times The world is even smaller than you thought.

- via Wall Street Journal Social-media profiles are increasingly important in building your business identity. “It’s a hugely powerful branding tool—and you have to be very strategic about building it,” says Nicole Williams, connection director for LinkedIn. A key component is the profile picture. The New York City-based Ms. Williams, who primarily splits her time Read More

You may think there’s a difference between the you on Facebook and the you in real life, but for a lot of people they’re one and the same. Facebook has become such a big part of our lives that it has even begun to affect the way we carry on a relationship. Nowadays, when we Read More

Here’s an early Halloween story for you: I Googled myself a few days ago. Whoa! Wait! Don’t stop reading!

via MicroExplosion Media I know this is an understatement, but I’m going to say it anyway. Twitter is growing like crazy. In the last year Twitter has grown over 1300 percent. It’s jumped from a million users to over seven million users in a year. No wonder we see the fail whale so much. Those Read More

You’ve probably heard Facebook being referred to as Big Brother in the past, especially given the recent fervor that has happened in the last month or so amidst the various format changes. Comments have been made about the exposition of our privacy, as if Facebook is simply collecting information on us for their own sinister Read More

Remember that particularly brilliant thing you said on that one Facebook status that one time? Right now, to find it you have to scroll back, clicking through earlier posts over and over again until either you find it or give up claiming greatness can’t be repeated. Alternatively, you could pay to have them made into Read More

As part of my full time job, I manage a group of interns from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago. One of the interns, who is a junior, asked if I had read The Scarlett Letter, which led to a conversation about high school reading. She informed me that there’s a website that summarizes most books, Read More