It recently occurred to me that there are a handful of Internet memes that I just can’t shake, and why wouldn’t I share them on April Fool’s Day. Though memes are meant to come and go, there are some I find myself going back to enjoy again and sharing with anyone who will listen. Here [...]

Creating media continues to become easier and more varied every day. Humans are the only species to develop the practice of recording history. So whenever we are in a moment we regard as a distinguished experience — travel, first-time moments, extraordinary circumstances — we are bound to have this motivation to record that history as [...]

Afterlife planning and the legal profession that supports it seem to be lagging behind our cultural realities. Last year, I did something that I don’t think many, if any, of my friends, peers and similarly-aged colleagues have: I paid a lawyer to draft me up a formal will. Something seemed missing, though, as I went [...]

I’m a fan of the fun collections of ideas, images and concepts that find their way onto personal Tumblr accounts, often driven by crowdsourcing contributions. Recently a handful of ideas have come to mind that I wish were actively being created by someone. I’d happily contribute. Ridiculous local TV lower thirds — As depicted above, [...]

The Founding Fathers would have loved and leveraged social media but been fearful of its future implications on privacy and speech issues, said a host of experts at an event on the impact of new communications patterns. Earlier this month, I moderated a panel on the subject at the National Constitution Center featuring Jennifer Preston, [...]

The groundwork of privacy, anonymity and free speech is being set now with evolving jurisprudence and legislation surrounding the concept of social networking. That is the overarching theme, as I read it, in I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did:  Social Networks and the Death of Privacy, a new book from [...]

I’m moderating a panel on privacy, security and democracy concerns surrounding the social web at the National Constitution Center in Old City, Philadelphia next Thursday. You should come. More details here. It costs $10 for non-members. Number of Views:1137

The Business of Journalism was the focus of the 82nd episode of the popular, national #wjchat Twitter chat Wednesday night, and I’m happy to say I hosted the affair. Check the archived chat here. Below check out the Storify, I put together highlighting some of the more interesting responses to the series of questions put [...]

I tried out the Tweroid service. [Updated: I also tried the service for @TechnicallyPHL] The value proposition is to sign in, wait an hour or so, get an assessment of when your followers are most active online. The ask might be to then starting tweeting at those times to have the biggest impact. So, according [...]

I’ve managed more than a few Twitter strategies, for nonprofits, groups, organizations and news sites, and have picked up a few basics that you should be sure to steal. Signing off initials — If you have multiple people using your organization’s account, sign off with initials for transparency, personal connection and ease. Do create regular [...]