Twitterdipity and Paul Levinson: Social Media's Ecology

This post was made possible thanks to a phenomenon I call "twitterdipity." Twitterdipity is the experience of wading in Twitter's shallow, fast-moving data stream and suddenly - and surprisingly - mining treasure from a tweet. It's casually catching the eye of good fortune in a speed-of-light culture. It's when you score a free ticket to an exclusive event or click a game-changing link at just ...

DC Shorts Showcase 6 Reviewed

This showcase of shorts will make it’s screening debut this evening at 9 p.m. at the US Navy Memorial Center, offering a bit of drama but plenty of great comedy to lighten the day. Some are laugh out loud, others miss the mark a bit. All in all, worth a visit.

Music Box: Catch up with Dar Williams tomorrow at the Avalon Theatre • Entertainment (www ...

Lilith Fair veteran Dar Williams is a fixture among the most accomplished singer-songwriters of the past 15 years. She continues to expand on a body of work that uniquely combines a humorous and heartfelt approach to writing folk songs delivered with memorable, rhythmic and rockin' hooks.

Niexter: The Evolution facts

HAVE you ever wondered how humans, also known as Homo Sapiens, from the earlier times like the Paleolithic era communicate? First of all, what does communication mean? The word communication comes from a Latin word “communicare” meaning “to make common or to share”.

Should You Give Up Gadgets for a Day?

Clearly, some of us make bad decisions with our gadgets. But even without having to live down a mobile phone-fueled tirade of Mel Gibson proportions, many of us have sought forgiveness for our gadget-enabled sins through a ritual purge: a day without gadgets.

Stormfield shelter

When Stormfield Theatre artistic director Kristine Thatcher returns from her summer job at Wisconsin's Dorr County Playhouse, she'll have a new theater waiting for her.