Today Google tweeted about a guy who decided to map Kazakhstan. Yes, the entire country. For those of you who don’t want to go read the news article, the summary is that Kyril Negoda discovered that his home country wasn’t mapped on Google, so he took it upon himself to use Google’s Map Maker tool…

Slow. Down. Stop and think about how your actions are going to be interpreted by others. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past few weeks it’s that it doesn’t matter what your intentions are, it’s how other people perceive your actions. Think about it, if someone says “no offense” then chances are pretty…

I have always been a gadget guy and up until recently I always had to have the latest and greatest, bleeding edge gizmo, if for no other reason than it was new. Some people like to splurge on fancy dinners or vacations, I had electronics. (Sure, some people do all of that stuff and buy…

Today was a perfect example of the power of social media to report on an event faster than any media outlet, even when what just happened isn’t exactly clear. I knew that the questioning of the Murdochs was going on by the British Parliament and comments coming in from Twitter were filled with snarky comments…

As I sat in the theater awaiting the start of the last Harry Potter movie, the conversation next to me had me really disturbed at best. A group of girls, I would guess to be in their early twenties deriding any and everything they could come across. From the people dressed up in costumes for…