Excuse my French, but stealing hashtags is a dick move. It’s rude. Don’t do it. Search your desired hashtag, make sure nobody else is using it, and adjust your hashtag if need be. Bottom line: don’t jack hashtags. Seriously.

A difference in rhetoric, a dash of naïveté, and just being sheltered – not willful ignorance, nor hatred – are the basis of what Americans and other non-Swedes have found offensive in the recent @sweden tweets.

There are folks who are now declaring Google+ revolutionary and a game-changer, and although I’m still hesitant to agree with any of them, I don’t think Google+ will die off all that soon.

I used to be very, very political. I was quite adamant in my political beliefs, and it showed. But I’m not so political anymore, and I think social media has something to do with it.

I write for a reason… I’m much better at it.

Last month, I attended Coachella as a guest of Sony. I was only able to attend one day, but you bet it was worth it!

Boulderite and Colorado native Aubrey Sacco, 23, is missing in Nepal after failing to contact her family after a solo, week-long trek in the region of Langtang. Please help find her!

For a few weeks now, I have been so busy! I’ve even been too busy to post a Must Read/See/Hear update; there’s just so much going on, like moving, finding a job, and attending boatloads of events.

I have to say that this was probably my favorite Ignite, and it was not because I felt like I succeeded — that’s just the icing on the cake. There were some fantastic presentations that exceeded my expectations and absolutely blew my mind. I laughed, learned, and overall, I really enjoyed myself.

Plain and simple, Twitter is just not the place for a multitude of valuable interactions; it takes away from quality, just as not all news can be summarized in 30-second snippets or within a half hour of a news program. Regardless of the great service it can provide in many ways, it just isn’t the best place for everything.