FBI Seeking Social Media Data: A Data Mining Tool is Coming by Margaret Jules

It has been in news that the FBI is hunting for a tool that will allow it to collect and process data from social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and many other blogs. On being questioned by various IT vendors in accordance with the Request for Information (RFI), FBI stated...

Orthotics: Custom-made or OTC? by Dr. Bruce Pinker

Everyone loves a champion.  Whether you're a New York Giants fan or a New England Patriots fan, we all love to win.  And winning involves making the right decisions.  Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the media about Dr. Scholl's "custom fit" orthotic inserts.  The company claims...

Bald Barbie, A Positive Image by Christine Presto

Barbie: tall, blonde, skinny, unproportionally sized in all the right places. As a little girl it is hard to not want to aspire to be the role model for beauty. She has the perfect boyfriend Ken along with an amazing pink house, car and a wardrobe packed with every accessory...

Five Tips to Optimize Focus Groups by Bryan Pazaras

This is Planning Month for many businesses that market their products or services. Many use Focus Groups to concept, formulate, or synthesize ideas and insights that are the cornerstone to growing existing business, seeding new initiatives, or entering new markets. Here are five tips for optimizing the effect of your Focus...

Social Media Video Production Tips by Steven Taub Productions

Steve Taub is a friend on Facebook.  When he told me what he does, I asked him to provide our readers with some tips on YouTube videos and how to make them go viral.  Here's what he said: ---Keep your message under two minutes. (A television commercial is 29 seconds...

How is Married Life Treating You? By Lori Peterson

I will be married two months on October 12.  Since getting married, I have been asked the same questions over and over again.  When I came back to work after the wedding and honeymoon, everyone asked, "how was the wedding, how was the honeymoon?"  Once Labor Day came and the...

A New Social Network Just for Men — ManWall.com

When my friend, Ken Braun told me that  ManWall.com was created to let guys hang out and talk about “guy stuff” in threads of ?“ManVersations” anonymously or as themselves, I was a little taken aback. Why should there be a social networking site that excludes women! I told Ken, I...

Leadership Comes in Small (S), Medium (M), Large (L), and Extra-large (XL), by Marianne P. LiBretto, L.M.H.C.

When I think of leadership, I can’t help but think about how we as women and men often move from one size clothing to another. The natural evolution is that we are not that stick-figure size we were in our teenage years, particularly post-childbearing, marrying, moving on in our careers,...