[tweetmeme source="jennifered" alias="http://j.mp/bYbPEo"] Janet Fouts is a powerhouse of information and resources. She’s written – or co-written – two books that have come out in as many years. She knows what she’s talking about: starting her journey by creating Web sites for the cooking community to being an ardent early adopter and using her love [...]

I’m exciting to be moderating a great panel on Social Media and business Tuesday, February 16th from 6-9 PM. And I’m calling for your questions now (tweet in to @jennifered)! The question?: To “go social” or not? And should we still be asking that question? With San Francisco and Silicon Valley leading the world in [...]

I have yet to talk to someone who has an answer as to how to separate our personal, professional and even ‘secret’ lives… until now. Enter Sam Lawrence, CEO of Blackbox Republic, a social networking site that allows you to decide what gets published to ‘public’ social networks that anyone can search, such as Facebook and Twitter, [...]

This week we have a special treat on The A-List, a wonderful, one-woman powerhouse of a musician, Zoë Keating. Recently named one of the Hot 20 people of 2009 by 7×7 magazine, they dubbed her, “Avant-Cellist.” It’s a fitting description, but for my part, I am interested in the way Zoë has used the Web and social [...]

I was lucky enough to meet the brilliant Ryan Calo at a Social Media Club event I took part in. We might have been trying to get Lawrence Lessig on our panel, but we got more than we could have hoped for from Lessing himself. Ryan is an Academic Fellow, Center for Internet and Society at [...]

Guest post from Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais, fellows of NDN and the New Policy Institute and co-authors of Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics (Rutgers University Press: 2008), named one of the 10 favorite books by the New York Times in 2008. One of the most often expressed criticisms [...]

If there were one person on Earth I would want to discuss nonprofit issues, causes and how technology and social media can help, the answer would be easy: Beth Kanter. Thankfully, Beth has received numerous distinctions that back me up on this. From how to, to thought leadership, to fundraising to global issues, she has [...]

Jeremiah Owyang, the well-known and whip-smart “Web Strategist,” has left his post as Forrester analyst to join Charlene Li and Ray Wang as a partner at the Altimeter Group, a consulting firm that helps big companies figure out how to use new technologies. For those in the social media space, it’s huge news, but even [...]