I was surprised to read this article in the NYT, claiming the anachronistic death of blogs by the "soon to be adult" set.

I'm befuddled AGAIN as Republican lawmakers propose defunding of CPB, including PBS and NPR...AGAIN.

My son has always loved games with numbers. As a three year old, he'd line up stuffed animals around his Monopoly board and play with them, running in to the living room every few minutes to ask how much 200 minus 140 was and so on. He learned to add and subtract three-digit math before kindergarten because I was pretty impatient having my Scrabble game interrupted, and began to ignore his inquiries.

Mobile is Global...and Local. Check out this amazing presentation from Internet Analyst Mary Meeker.

Happy Valentine's Day to lovers and friends everywhere!

REVOLUTION 2.0. Google's Wael Ghonim speaks about how the internet fuels the Egyptian Revolution.

With all the web-based social media tools at your avail, have you been wondering about the worth of blogs for your business or corporation? You're not alone. Clearly, there are myriad ways to get your message out there, to interact with your customers, and to build a community around your brand.

One of the founders of Facebook has unveiled his new project, a web-based enterprise collaboration tool named Asana.

In Lit Coach Erin Reel's blog today, agent Laurie Abkemeier offers sage advice for authors, experts and people who make their living in the word world generally.

As a writer, I was used to brick and mortar reference guides. My Oxford. My Style Guide. My Roget's. Especially my Roget's, because tired verbs, overused adjectives and cliched terms just looked like dried fly carcasses on my paper. Or screen. But, alas, my stock of reference books didn't always accompany me to the far reaches of the coffee shops, soccer game parking lots and business meetings where I holed up with my laptop and work. "You won't believe how cool this is," said Cynthia in one of her newsy emails. "I'm totally addicted!"

Egypt's revolutionaries are being organized by Amal Shareef, a 36 year old single mother

Here are some of Jane Friedman's notes on last week's Digital Book World confab, where more than 1,000 publishing professionals gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities going on in the dynamic world of book publishing.

As the Egyptian people take to the streets to protest the reign of Mubarek they found an ally yesterday in Google and Twitter.

The last week has been a challenge for yours truly. Despite several virus protection programs something bad got into PC through the gates of Internet Explorer and a slow, insidious infection took hold. It was fascinating, actually. If I weren't so frustrated I would have marveled at the interloper's steady creep through my machine and the ensuing chaos it wrought.

Last night I was invited to attend the taping of the 200th episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. Our esteemed client, The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Canada's 19th Prime Minister, was a guest on the program

We all know about The Man Cave. That sacred space where guys can go to escape the realities of domestic life or whatever it is they need to escape from. Time for Moms to claim their own. Come with me and enter...The Mom Cave.

Will e-books continue their meteoric climb as most predict?

The Oscars and Obama.

Need some new blogs to follow? I love when things come across my desk that feel like serendipity. In the Oregonian today, Jeff Baker offered a five interesting, fun online diversions guaranteed to make your day.

Portlandia premieres Friday Jan 21 on IFC

LOVEFiLM, the Netflix of Europe, was acquired today by Amazon. Actually, it's one of those fuzzy back and forth deals. LOVEFiLM acquired Amazon's DVD rental business in 2008, and now Amazon is buying the remaining shares of LOVEFiLM. So be it.

While most authors have a hard time selling ONE book in this publishing climate, Crain's NY just reported that Dylan, that's Dylan as in Bob, just inked a 6-book deal with Simon & Schuster.

Home is where I hang my hats.

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day.

I have a confession. For the past four years (which corresponds to the length of time I've known my husband), I've fallen deeper and deeper into the abyss of college football. And NBA basketball. And soccer. And, even, the NFL.