While perusing various media/magazine sites today, I stumbled upon some great articles that made me more excited about the future of magazines that I have been in awhile (because seriously, hearing all the doom-and-gloom doesn't make any happier or more motivated). On a day that symbolizes such hope...

I find that it's often the simplest pieces of equipment that work the best. I gave my son a $99 'flip' video recorder and sent him off to a school meeting to record the reactions of the kids to another adult world political meeting. The videos were just fine. This things has about four buttons, a...