USA Today Uses Phone Photos to Replace Photographers

During a recent visit to USA Today online, I was taken aback by an advertisement they had blatantly requesting users to submit their photographs for “use in an upcoming feature.” While publications have now long adopted community engagement tactics, like photo submissions, user generated content has not been used as [...]

Rapid Capture of “Craigslist Killer” Actually Demonstrates Safety of the Web

When I first read about the killing of an erotic services masseur (a politically correct way of saying a limited-services prostitute, since I believe erotic massage for money is still illegal in every state except parts of Nevada, where all erotic workers are registered by the state), my first thought was, boy, unless this is [...]

A Social-Friendly Traveling Laptop Bag—Casauri

For most social media butterflies in this day and age, the inevitable road warrior comes out of all of us at some time. Between conferences in Vegas, client meetings in Timbuktu and concerts in NYC, one needs very few things to survive—toothpaste, a hairbrush and, for keeping up that social media addiction, their handy Mac [...]

What’s on Your Mind?

I must confess. I love writing status updates. I’m absolutely addicted in telling everyone I know what’s going on in my day. I’m so addicted I probably would even write a status update that would say “I love writing status updates.” Sure the character limits [...]

Why Ashton’s Race to 1 Million Twitter Followers Didn’t Hurt You

I often am amused by people’s reactions to things online. Obviously passions run deep on the internet and very often you can strike a nerve.
So it came as no surprise to me that Ashton Kutcher’s self-imposed race with CNN to 1 Million followers on Twitter struck a sour note with a lot of people.
A couple [...]

Social Media Means Companies Need to Up Their Response Times

It’s no surprise to anyone that social media can spread virus messages out there. More often then not the kinds of social media virus messages are not the ones companies want out there.
Case in point. On April 8th, 2009, Fox Broadcasting sent out a press release with the final episodes of their television series (as [...]

Mashable: Do You Pass the Social Media Recruitment Test?

Guest post by Boris Epstein on Mashable.com. Boris is the CEO and Founder of BINC, a Professional Search Firm that specializes in the Software Marketplace. Boris shares his thoughts about the recruitment industry, job hunting and career advice at AskBinc.com.
With the emergence of social media sites like LinkedIn (), Facebook (), and Twitter (), and [...]