Social Media

"Welcome aboard.  My name is Stacey, I'm your flight attendant tonight, and I'm going to be pointing out the emergency exits on this CRJ200 aircraft.  And if I decide to pull the escape slide and jump out of the plane, I'm not going to settle for two beers.  I'm taking the whole liquor cart with me!"

There's a new social media site around . . . dot429 ushers in the next generation of business networking.

Specifically targeted to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender professionals, dot429 provides a unique on and offline platform for the LGBT business community and its supporters to connect and expand their business network, further their careers and stay current with the business world.

The recent passage of health reform legislation has brought with it the promise of unprecedented change in the delivery of care in our country. According to a recent PEW report, once online people can tap into an ever-widening pool of information including blogs, podcasts, doctor-rating sites and social network sites. The internet does not replace health professionals, but provides a way for people to gather and share information in a rapid-learning system that can best be described as "participatory medicine."

You remember Waldo, don't you?  That dapper fellow in the floppy top hat and the red-and-white-striped shirt.  Sort of a Cat In the Hat meets Forrest Gump meets Harry Potter.  And prone to being spotted in interesting places - on the sides of skyscrapers, riding seagulls, frolicking with dolphins - in his vastly popular media series. 

As social networking sites gain in popularity, blogging is experiencing a decline among teens (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-29) while the percentage of adults blogging increased moderately from 7% to 11%.