There is one man who seems to be invisible from any controversy, or at least when you search for his name on Google.  His name?  Gary Vaynerchuk, social media icon and the star of Wine Library TV. Gary’s success is completely deserved.  An immigrant from the former U.S.S.R. republic now known as Belarus, he uses social media, centered around a daily video show, to transform his family’s wine [...]

On Monday in Washington, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unveiled some details into the definition and enforcement of Net Neutrality.  Net Neutrality, as famously mentioned in Amanda Congdon’s final episode of Rocketboom, is the idea that an internet provider cannot block certain websites, but allow others.  This model is the opposite of how the cable industry works, with priority placement [...]

It is the end of September, which means it is time for the traditional Fall to Spring broadcast television season to begin.  I personally have limited the number of shows, old and new that I choose to watch.  In fact, I did not watch any new series last season (I might one day decide to watch Fringe on Netflix, but I do not feel any need to watch it now). One of my favorite shows the past few seasons [...]

Today on Twitter, I have held a dialogue with @carlalynnehall, sprouting from the decision by the City of Philadelphia, PA to close all of their public libraries.  This clearly is a loss to the public, no matter what the reasoning (or excuses) are for this. The closure of libraries deny people of all levels of income access to books, magazines, periodicals and other educational media they might not [...]