Is Your Network Portable?

This is a question I ponder frequently. Have you focused on building a micro network and a nationwide network, or have you isolated yourself by walling off your garden?
I’m big on the idea of helping people and networking at a hyper local level. I also believe that your network is most effective if it also [...]

Strong Women in Tech and Barriers to Implementation

You may recall my project with several other smart, talented ladies: Strong Women in Tech. If you have been wondering how that is progressing, I’ll tell you right now that it has been stalled in implementation by one major element: the school system.
It may be a signifier that I am a little “kumbaya” at heart, [...]

Social Aggregator Skimmer Offers Power and Appeal

Today as I read through the top tech stories listed on Techmeme, I stumbled on a little nugget: an Adobe AIR social aggregator I hadn’t gotten my paws on yet! Called Skimmer, the AIR application aggregates users’ social streams from Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Bebo and Flickr into a a single continuous flow. And aside from [...]

Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC) is Back and Headed to New York City

You may remember Social Media for Social Change from its debut last year in Boston – a debut Uptown Uncorked was proud to be a small part of. With its first event at the Harvard Club to benefit Jane Doe under its belt, where would Gradon Tripp and SM4SC go next? Why, New York City, [...]

Social Media for Real World Change Coming to Mashable

Starting yesterday I will be running a series on Mashable that is all about one of my favorite topics: effecting social change in the real world using social media. You can see the first post in the series at this link.
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