It depends on the person. If you have discipline then you will be able to prioritize and make good choices. If not, you could end up tweeting from the unemployment office.

To address the...

Fortunately, if the moderators are doing their job than these social misfits can be shunned electronically.

Good answer but you are not getting off that easy. What if they were using the tools of Web 2.0, who would use what?

I saw this topic on Linkedin and I decided to take it a bit further. Think of the various historical figures who were known as great orators and communicators (JFK, Martin Luther King, Churchill,...

I am a loyal Google Reader reader (probably improper english there but what the hell)

I will confess to using it during work hours occasionally but I have really curtailed my use because it was getting to be a bit addictive. Now I use Digsby, which is a great took for monitoring...

Thanks. Next time tell us the not so obvious instead of the glaringly obvious!

Haven't used it, probably won't. I like to comment in my retweets and based on what webagentspro said in their post, the new function does not allow comments.

Facebook stalking, facebook bullying, failure to tweet as a misdemeanor (previous post by me)...Social media is slowly becoming the bad part of town! LOL

For those of you outside of the Long Island, NY area, you may have missed a good one. It seems that the latest teen music sensation, Justin Bieber (who's fame is based on viral youtube videos of...

From what I remember when I read about is, the initial tax during the Spanish American War generated a few hundred thousand dollars in revenue. When it was finally killed it was generating a few...

I have been monitoring sites like Mashable for this and I have not seen anything about it but it is always good to be vigilant for stuff like this.

True story on this topic... back in 1999 when I was studying web design my instructor told the class that a few years earlier one of the other instructors was teaching an intro to the internet course...

Privacy rights + vengeful coworkers + Government regulations = the reason why you need to be more careful what you put on facebook.

Beyond my little equation, this woman will win back her coverage...

I was on one of my Linkedin Forums and I saw a question about people who are using SocialText or SocialCast, both of which offer enterprise collaboration software for large companies and corporation...

I know what you mean. I remember back in the first term of George W., the Republican majority in the Senate but forth a bill to end a tax that was applied to the use of every phone in the country...

Absolutely agree with your final thought and I do the same as well.

Well, is some of the more interesting web-related legislation that the Obama administration is pushing, like net-neutrality laws, having your identity revealed will be the least of your problems. I...

I would never use this tool because I find it extremely annoying, especially on my personal account. A few weeks back I tweeted a link to a column that covered some loon who was buying up horrible...

Have used it occasionally to connect with people but never committed to creating groups I wanted to maintain.

I used web-trends with a couple of my clients but experienced the same mixed results you did so I am sticking with Google Analytics. But I would be happy to consider any other solid analytic...

A couple of my clients have been working a social media strategy I suggested of using blogs targeted at vertical markets they want to sell into, posting about blog posts into linkedin groups they...

A friend of mine posted this on his FB page a few hours ago...

HACKER WARNING! There is a new way to hack your Facebook. A Notification will be sent to you that one of your friends has commented...

While I am sure that somebody has come up with or is coming up with some sort of migration tool, I think that asking would be the best way to handle this. For me, if someone who friend-requested me...

I think this would be an incredibly bad idea, on the same level as taxing tea back prior to the War of Independence. And the government would have a lot more than tea dumped in a harbor to worry...

Good point, thanks for the tip. I know that in the initial stages of getting any site up there is such a premium put on developing the proper content and getting the site listed in the SEs, all of...

I am beginning work on some micro-sites for a client who wants separate sites to focus on the top two verticals they target. I am using Wordpress to convert their existing blogs aimed at these...

While there are a multitude of accessories out there, these two impressed me enough that I went whole hog and installed them and not only do I use them but I recommended them to my clients. Digby is...

I have been using Tweetdeck quite a bit to keep track of the people I follow and to take care of my tweeting without going through a browser. I just recently downloaded Digby which is an awesome...

Like you said, you can retweet manually. The only people who are affected are the power retweeters I would assume. As Twitter is a free service, I doubt people will get as outraged with this than...

I am getting my daughter a netbook for xmas to use in school. She is in 6th grade and it seems like a good starter laptop-lite for her to use when she is doing research at the library for homework. ...

The last time I heard "you've got mail"? That's easy. My daughter recorded it and uses it as the ringtone for when she gets text messages. I asked her about it and she said the some of her friends...

I would like to think that even the most ardent defender of free speech would hope that sites like Facebook would have rules regarding hardcore pornography as well as racist/hate content. I know I...

The problem with what is going on in the UK is what is endemic with so many companies in the US, they see a popular activity that can affect the productivity of workers and instead of getting out...

When it comes to asking question of the internet, I take the laziest path possible...Type into google, submit and if I don't like the answer I rephrase the question. If it takes me to quick answer...

ChaseNetwork...We are talking about social media website and not adult websites, right? LOL

Just one, a former classmate who everyone accepted the friend request from as our class reunion was coming up. Soon after he got himself about 200 friends from high school, him and some of his...

Interesting that you posted this as one of my clients is trying to start a community of IT providers focused on local government and they asked me if I thought if it would be a good idea to start a...

I used AOL briefly when I first started going online regularly. Thankfully, I had an extremely tech-savvy brother-in-law and I bailed on AOL quickly. My 12 year old daughter and her friends use AIM...

And here I was thining that FB pokes were the online equivalent of shooting spit balls. And if any one asks what a spit ball is and make me feel old I will hunt you down and shoot one at you! LOL