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Web service DialMyCalls sends mass telephone messages to a user-defined group. If you've ever been part of a phone tree that, for example, spreads word that your softball game has been called off, you can see how a service like DialMyCalls could come in handy.

Web service DialMyCalls sends mass telephone messages to a user-defined group. If you've ever been part of a phone tree that, for example, spreads word that your softball game has been called off, you can see how a service like DialMyCalls could come in handy.

November 28th has been designated the National Day of Listening by StoryCorps, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving oral history.

In its third reincarnation since its debute in 1996 and redesign in 1998, web site Kvetch now harnesses the time-wasting powers of Twitter to call a farshtinken tokhis leker a schmuck behind their back. Users have to follow the service's account on Twitter in order to send it direct messages, which are then reposted at kvetch.com without any personal information.

Guest writer and career coach Michael Melcher writes about the agonizing uncertainty of sending out multiple phone calls, emails, letters, and the like on a job search and getting absolutely nothing back—not even a carbon-copy "nothing available at the moment" letter.

President-elect Barack Obama will have to give up the BlackBerry that he's had literally by his side (clipped to his belt, a surprising fashion faux pas by the normally quite fashionable candidate). Because of security concerns, the chief executive is not allowed to send emails. President George W.

MIT professor Alex Pentland is developing software that analyzes the tone, turn-taking behavior and other qualities of a conversation, so you can find out if you're an interrupter, a dominater, or appear to be inattentive when others are talking.

Unlike watching television—which generally reduces conversation between family members in the home—more than 50% of people who live with a spouse and child are likely to surf the web together and share things online with one another according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.