This piece was written by Dan Bricklin (co-creator of VisiCalc – the killer app that made the Apple II a hit and helped the PC market take off). In it he argues that the counterculture movement played less of a...

Although it refers to a specific moment in history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September), it’s something that can happen to any community at any time. The problem isn’t just that the original community is overwhelmed by the massive wave of newcomers and unable to...

Is a tactic used to discredit a product or service by creating a negative perception of it through lies or other means. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt Note that today, with so many bloggers and “thought-leaders” on the web with decent-sized audiences, it...