Is Twitter About to Jump the Shark?

Speculation is out there about whether or not Twitter is peaking. Is the Social Network darling reaching its saturation point? If so, what will take its place? What is the next the big thing? What could possibly capture our imagination in the same way as Twitter? As the medium of blogging started to plateau, was it any wonder that our attention-deficit angst would find micro-blogging a suitable alternative? In a world flooded with data overload, 140 characters or less seemed to strike just the right... Read More

Obama Seeks Advice from the Twitterverse

From the start of his campaign, Barack Obama has distinguished himself as the articulate, tech-savvy candidate who utilized social networking to his advantage. As a direct result, he generated wide support from the online digerati, who collectively comment on the state of the union daily via social media outlets. Euphemistically described as the “wisdom of the crowds” it’s a common belief that there is a certain zeitgeist that emanates when millions of people are reacting to the... Read More

Forecast says Sunny, but Cloud Computing may see Stormy Skies!

Many predicted that some day the “Network will become the Computer” – and the IT giants of Microsoft, Amazon and Google are investing millions to tell you that time is now! The “remote” computing revolution in its simplest form means that PCs will eventually become antiques and all of our files, documents and classified information will eventually be stored literally online. While weather forecasts aren’t always reliable, the digerati have come to depend on the... Read More

You say you want an iPhone Music Revolution!

The way we listen to and access our music has changed over the years, but nothing in the music industry has steam-rolled quite as fast as what has transpired in the first decade of the 21st Century. As the Beatles’ rock anthem of the late 60s reminded a nation: You say you want a revolution Well you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it’s evolution… And as we all know, the one constant in life is change. Just when we were all starting to feel real comfortable... Read More

Secret behind DIGG’s Yellow Brick Road

As many people have tried to figure out, the secret behind Digg’s Algorithm remains to this day a conundrum, a mystery, a secret clouded in obfuscation. Some great thinkers have of recent date conjured up the belief that it might not be a secret at all, and that for all the investigation, maybe a magic formula doesn’t really exist, at all. Perhaps it’s a great hoax, like the Wizard of Oz, a case of smoke and mirrors a pretense held up to keep to the world in the dark, when in actuality... Read More

Pulling the Trigger on a Career in Filmmaking

Are there any Spielberg’s, Scorsese’s or Quentin Tarantino’s out there? Are you a would-be filmmaker craving a shot at the big timeif someone would just allow you to score that first big break? Jumping into the film industry is a daunting task, particularly if you lack financial backing. NYU and the New York Film Academy are excellent filmmaking schools providing hands-on directorial and editing know-how, but for many, the hefty tuition and fees at these institutions can be prohibitive. The... Read More

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