Education

Twitter is the topic de jour. And, as far as I can tell, most people don’t have it quite right. While it is true that Twitter is a social network. And it is also true that Twitter is filled with much more ambient noise than curated knowledge. The power of Twitter is, first and foremost, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The State Department asked Twitter to delay a “critical network upgrade” scheduled for yesterday in order for civilian reporters in Tehran to use the micro-blog as a means for communication. Meanwhile, thousands of Twitter users have changed their time zone stamp Continue Reading →

The Inter-web is in over-tweet! The citizens of Facebookistan are being phished and spammed. 20-somethings are ditching Facebook and creating LinkedIn profiles so they can join the “real world.” And no one ever speaks of MySpace in polite company. Tweet, tweet, tweet or, should I say, yammer, yammer yammer? There are a few thousand companies Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President Barack Obama is calling digital security a top priority. To oversee an enhanced security system for the nation’s computer networks, Obama is creating a “cyber czar.” He also is expected to call for a new education campaign to raise public Continue Reading →

I was talking to an experienced, but not-yet-discovered, on-camera, news/talk person at one of my Social Media Networking Parties. She was asking if I could give her some advice about getting in front of the “right” people in New York. Not a problem. I’ve got a couple of friends in the biz, so I asked Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. FCC chairman Michael Copps noted that TV stations looking to make the digital transition before June 12th may be barred from doing so. As many as 690 local TV stations want to make the transition now to save thousands of Continue Reading →

As I listened to President-elect Obama‘s speech the other day, I was tickled that he chose this moment to promote my upcoming book, Get Digital: Reinventing yourself and your career for the 21st Century Economy (2009, Lake House Press). Actually, he wasn’t promoting my book, he was articulating some of his thoughts about how digital Continue Reading →

It is with profound sadness that I write to tell you of my father’s passing. Lon T. Palmer, age 79. Beloved husband of 56 years to Roberta Boyer Palmer, devoted father to sons Jason and Shelly Palmer and his wife, Debbie, adoring grandfather of Brent and Jared Palmer and Alexis and Andrew Zinberg and great-grandfather Continue Reading →

“Television is no gimmick, and nobody will ever be elected to major office again without presenting themselves well on it.” -Television producer and Nixon campaign consultant, Roger Ailes, 1968 When Barack Obama purchased nearly $4 million dollars worth of Primetime to convey a 30-minute message, what was he trying to accomplish? He admitted it was Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. IBM reports that its third quarter net income is up 20% over this time last year. International Business Machine’s took in $2.8 billion in the third quarter, proving that its market of large corporations and government agencies is intact while Continue Reading →