I’ve written about social media here more than I’d probably like to admit. These social networking sites are transforming the way we receive our news and information. There’s no secret there. But they keep popping up, so much so that I’ve stopped joining them, because I never know when enough’s enough. Newspapers are still figuring [...]

I was interested to cover the convergence of social networks and fine arts institutions in a story running in today’s Inquirer. While it focuses on Philadelphia examples, there are broader implications, I think. On Valentine’s Day, Pennsylvania Ballet staff members stood in the Merriam Theater’s lobby handing out coasters that bore what might have seemed [...]

I got a comment from “Mike” on a post early last month. Interesting post. Curious on why you say “MySpace is lame.” I read recently that MySpace is among the most-visited Web sites with over 1b visits per month… Of course he is right. MySpace remains one of the most popular Web sites in the [...]

You’re a member of a dozen or more social networking sites. Same goes for someone you’ve never met but know online, professionally or otherwise. When does that online relationship get weird? I’ve never met Greg Linch. He’s the editor at large for online and multimedia at The Miami Hurricane, the student newspaper pf the University [...]

MySpace is lame, so how come many journalists are on the site and, as I posted recently, I now have a MySpace page too? In last week’s post, I described it largely as just another front in the world over branding my name online. Others see it for slightly different purposes. MSNBC commentator and Philadelphia Daily News [...]

As of last week, Chris Wink is on MySpace. The first comment I got came from one of my oldest friends: “Wow, you are Sellout Central recently!” Surely noting my July foray into Facebook and other social networking experiences of late. I was a long hold out, interested in their function but critical of their [...]