The Social Media Experiment

(Photo of Steve Case by Russell Hirshon) AOL celebrated 25 years this last year and what a journey. I remember installing America Online, choosing a local phone number to dial into and then hearing that familiar scramble of the audible “handshake” followed by the  connection that would allow me to leave my room and enter [...]

Well it was only a matter of time before someone figured out how Twitter could make them money. Mark Cuban famously said someone found out how to make money on Twitter when he was fined $25,000 for  comments he “tweeted” about a referee. Unfortunately, what I heard yesterday reminds me of the days of domain [...]

Wow, so this is real. The liberated feeling of determining my own fate is tempered by the knowledge that two kids will be expecting meals tonight (Oh the drama!).  Tonight’s mail will bring another round of bills and the news will report that millions are still out of work. The good news is that opportunity awaits and [...]