Community Leadership: We Can’t Build On Broken

Whenever I talk to people about community development and leadership, it seems like the discussion always steers towards pinpointing and highlighting individuals perceived as “official” leaders. From the elected official to the religious spokesperson to the organization president to the

“What Do You Do?”

This winter has been a doozy. From Brandon’s wrong-way trip down the Sam Houston tollway to Yuki’s murder by her own son, from Tita Edna‘s passing from cancer to the emotionally wrenching fight for Andrew‘s dad Alex, who was suddenly stricken by an extremely rare

My New Year’s Resolutions for Business & Personal Productivity

Barry Moltz outlined his 12 New Year’s Resolutions for 2012 in the American Express OPEN Forum for Small Businesses. In the spirit of Number 7 — “I will focus on less” — I’ve narrowed his list down and tweaked it

Can Your Kid Code? Developing Child Developers

Can we start teaching kids to code, already? Childhood development should include actual “development”…

Happy Halloween! What’s Really Scary About Social Media

All fears about 600,000 Facebook security breaches a day possibly making your private bits public aside, Shoutlet interviewed 134 people to see what scares them most about social media. Then they converted those fears into this fun infographic: Remember: Please

On Privacy: Klout + Facebook = UnLike

Facebook’s “frictionless sharing” initiative may have already caused friction with Spotify users, but it presents very real privacy issues when it comes to Klout.

Cereal Killer: User Experience vs. User Interface (UX v UI)

Art Institute students ask: “User Experience (UX) versus User Interface (UI): What are they? What’s the difference?” Here’s an answer…

State of the Internet 2011 : Dynamic Infographic from Online Schools

I’m addicted to this dynamic interactive infographic of the “State of the Internet 2011″ – it shows you in real-time the amount of activity happening online, from the number of new internet users to new websites published, to YouTube videos uploaded, to dollars spent on e-commerce…

Social Media Demographics : Who Is Using Which Sites?

Whether for business, social, or socially dysfunctional reasons, if you’re going to get in the social media game, you should get to know the playing field. You’re more likely to have a positive experience (and get positive results) if you

Amigurumi + Ukulele + The Jackson Five = WIN

It’s a Japanese amigurumi ukulele band. Could you possibly pack any more things I love into one video?