I’m an absolutely appalling and negligent Twitter user and participant; although lately I’ve been spending a bit more time adding tweets as time allows. Here are just a few of the many apps I’ve come across recently to make your twitter experience all the more enjoyable. There might be people you should be following but aren’t, find out with Who Should I Follow, sliders are used to filter by popularity and physical location, would like to see parameters were expanded. Twerpscan does the exact opposite by filtering out opportunistic marketers self-proclaimed SEO experts and entrepreneurs who ...

I received news today of the death of Daniel Webster, 31, of Madison. Daniel had just begun work on his doctorate this year. Daniel died Wednesday at University Hospital and he will be laid to rest tomorrow in his home town of Gilman. Daniel and I served on the executive committee of the LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin during the last year. Daniel was an energetic young man, full of ideas, who worked hard for the Democratic Party and in the struggle for equal treatment of gays and lesbians in Wisconsin.Daniel, like many young men and ...

I decided to take another step out of hiding. It took nearly a week but it was finally approved. It had been years since I first started using the alias. I was discovering the Internet and began to present myself with the name. Funny thing about the Web . . . . it's easy to be anonymous and even easier to wear a mask. It's a two-dimensional thing, this computer screen and peripherals - and as connected as people can be online, each individual can choose just how connected they want to be. Or rather, you can choose just how ...

As we prepare to head off to sunnier climbs I am reminded about an image people from my neck of the woods have. It's an image that people from Plymouth (and or Devon I am not clear how far this thought extends), don't travel too far. They don't drive too far and they certainly don't leave the country.It's a really old fashioned stereo type but nonetheless one I grew up with. It has a lot to do with it's location and the road infrastructure but I am sure as time goes by the image may have been somewhat diluted. I ...