There is something inherently funny to me about someone saying “meh” out loud. Am I alone on this? Watch Real Life Twitter and more funny videos on CollegeHumor

Getting ready for my unconference session on the social web with Meg Canada at this year’s MinneWebCon.  Here’s our slide deck: Social Web – Unconference Session @ MinneWebCon09 View more presentations from myklroventine.

“Dammit, my Stalker just Grunted on my Twitter!” Exactly.

If you were online over the past few days, you probably heard about Facebook’s attempt to change it’s terms of service and the ensuing uproar this caused. They have since rescinded the changes pending further review. The sticking point seemed to be a combination of who “owns” the things users put on Facebook  and what [...]

I was really pleased to see my Twitter background featured on Twitter Backgrounds Gallery this week. Thanks for the votes and comments. I’m excited that more sites like this are popping up. Anything to help inspire folks to make their backgrounds more unique is definitely a good thing.

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I saw a Dentyne commercial this evening that caught my attention. I don’t know why I missed it earlier, apparently the campaign has been around since the fall of 2008. The pitch is that true “face time” is much more important than time spent socializing online. And, of course, these interactions can be greatly enhanced [...]

Social media and traditional media collide tonight as Current TV shakes things up again. They successfully integrated Twitter with live broadcasts during the recent presidential and vice-presidential debates. Now they’ve turned they’re attention to US election night coverage. Their take on this time-honored pundit-fest will be comprised of content from Digg, Twitter, a live DJ [...]

Has social media influenced your vote in the next US election?Interested in how, if at all, social media has played a role in influencing your vote. So much of this most recent election cycle has taken place across the social web. Twitter and SocialMedian have created stand-alone political sites, Current TV combined Twitter and the [...]

Photo by Meshl “Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world” – Maria Montessori Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my daughters’ potential. The world they’ve entered seems to be constantly on the edge of crisis. The environmental, financial and political events of this past year alone have left me [...]