For everyone who’s spent hours of time asking people they don’t even like to be their friends, writing on walls, or reaffirming the complications of their relationships, you’ll get a kick out of this YouTube video   that parodies real life.  It’s making the rounds of the viral videos, but there’s more to it than a […]

Many of you have asked me to post a recent copy of my presentation for parents. Here you go. The first part of the presentation sets the stage for why the Internet is causing such a rift between parents and kids. The next part looks at the economics of the Internet, which explains […]

This would never happen in New York; the police are otherwise occupied. But in Holland, where there’s obviously less real world policing to do, a Dutch teenager, age 17, was arrested in real life for stealing virtual furniture in a virtual world.

If you visit Club Penguin and meet the other penguins you’ll quickly discover that you may be the only one in the virtual playroom that doesn’t have a colored outfit, accessories, and an igloo. If you’re a WebKinz devotee, you’ll undoubtedly have a menagerie of WebKinz pets, at $10+ a pop, each with their own […]

Every parent should try to familiarize themselves with social networking. Understanding how you make friends and share information is probably the single best way you can help your kids adopt the right strategies for staying safe.

Here’s a cheat sheet to help block content and insure safe profiles on some of the most popular teen tools.

Now that we’ve all been invited to join Facebook and it’s no longer limited to students, parents are coming out of the closet and using Facebook openly as a tool in their parenting arsenal. They are looking at their kids’ friends, potential roommates, and even entire college classes in order to pre-screen elements those […]

Andy just got spammed. Tom is listening to a podcast. Molly is thinking about her thesis and reading a book. (Good for you, Molly.) How do I know all of this about people I’ve never met before? They are Twittering, which is the type of rapid fire, short bursts of communication you do on […]

It’s a competitive world out there and millions of graduates are about to be pounding the pavement trying to get a toe-hold in the working world. I’ve been thinking about how the technology they love so much can help them differentiate themselves from the masses. Check out my Yahoo! column where I show […]

It was inevitable that Barbie would meet social networking. BarbieGirls is a new virtual world, not unlike many other virtual worlds, except that this center of attention is on the things that Barbie cares about most passionately: room decoration, fashion, and chat. (Gag me with a spoon!)