I was browsing the clearance racks the other day and bought a t-shirt that caught my eye immediately. Not only because it was $5, and I’m cheap like that. The shirt read: “My Space, Fun for the Whole Family.”
Given my propensity for taking notice of anything social-media related, whether it’s on a clearance rack of last season’s clothes or a billboard in Times Square, my eyes gleamed with delight, because it confirmed my prediction of more than a year [...]

I found out this week that a friend of mine died. At age 35, I’m too young to start reading the obituaries; I found out by reading his thread on Facebook.
I’ve reported in the past that each day, I experience something truly phenomenal through social media and networking—but I never even considered that I would experience this, at least not this early in life.
“P”* lived in Dallas and was one of my more than 350 friends on Facebook, spread across [...]