Instant messaging (IM) is a relatively new form of communication. . . Although written, the fact that IM is more immediate and direct than e-mail makes it seem more like speech than writing.

But a recent study of IM-ing by college students found that the communication was more formal--in use of vocabulary and abbreviations--than might be expected in a speech-like medium. The research also uncovered significant differences in how men and women use the medium.

Learn about Del.icio.us, the popular social bookmarking site on the web. Hosted by Bryan Person. Recorded from Boston, Massachusetts,

How Tumblr's 22-year-old CEO plans to turn his site into the next Internet sensation.

In a first-of-its-kind study, University of California, Irvine, researchers have provided new insight into blog readers' online habits and experiences, as well as how they perceive their roles in blog-based communities.

This 75-slide, illustrated presentation discusses how you can create your own media empire with podcasts and videoblogs.

Does an employee have the right to write about their job on a blog? Is it their free speech? While no definitive laws have ben passed, it's still a grey area. But companies like ESPN, Starbucks, and Microsoft are axing blog-trotting employees.

In this video I share my top ten list of do's and dont's about social networking.

This is a video tutorial on the mechanics of recording your first podcast.

. . . once I dipped my toe into the water and discovered the narcissistic pleasures of thoughtcasting, I was hooked—and even more so once I downloaded the Facebook mobile application to my BlackBerry. Now, whether at a computer or on the go, I could share snippets of my riveting, elegant prose with 800 of my closest friends, 24 hours a day, which I then proceeded to do.

The first thing Amanda Mooney, 22, does when she wakes up in the morning is fire up her laptop. She opens "a crazy amount of tabs" and checks in on her Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and YouTube friends. A self-described "digital native" who graduated from Emerson College in Boston this summer, Mooney contributes her thoughts to her new employer's blog at Edelmandigital.com, as well as at Americanshelflife.com. She chats on AIM, publicly bookmarks favorite posts on Digg and Del.icio.us. And, of course, she twitters. And twitters and twitters.