STOP THINKING

Timothy Karr, 06/27/12

Campaign Director, Free Press and SavetheInternet.com

Cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner have come to dominate information access in the United States. And they're using this new power to squeeze out competitors and remake new media in their old image.

Jim Steyer, 06/27/12

CEO, Common Sense Media and author, "Talking Back to Facebook"

When I think about the fact that today's teens are the first generation to go through their entire lives with social networking sites at their fingertips, I can't help but question the impact of it all.

Bruce Kushnick, 06/27/12

Executive Director, New Networks Institute

The Cantenna, with its overhyped "4G" service, is ostensibly "designed for use in rural and remote homes that can't get DSL or cable." Verizon has been rolling out Cantenna to rural areas so that they don't have to bother upgrading the wires.

Alex Pasternack, 06/27/12

Editor, Motherboard.tv

Public parks don't tend to be cash cows, but the park that sits on top of the old Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island is different. It will be three times the size of Central Park and will sit atop 50 years of trash produced by five boroughs.

Kirsten Dirksen, 06/27/12

Co-founder, faircompanies.com

It's been hailed as the future of farming: it uses less water (up to 90 percent less than traditional gardening), doesn't attract soil-based bugs and produces two types of produce (both plants and fish).

Vernon Irvin, 06/27/12

President and COO, Virtual World Computing

The exponential nature of the third-party tracking machines is alarming and frankly hard to grasp. But now comes a game-changer: the Firefox add-on, Collusion, which shows you, in real time and with eye-opening visuals, all the third parties that are tracking your online movements.

Lee C. Camp, 06/27/12

Professor of Theology and Ethics, Lipscomb University

In addition to his famed tirades was Jobs' "reality distortion field." Jobs would draw a picture of the world that seemed to defy all reality. At worst, he simply lied. At best, he cast a vision of what could be and then got others caught up in making that vision a new reality.

Gregg S. Lipman, 06/26/12

Managing Partner, CBX

The trend of jettisoning a brand's original DNA in favor of ratings is everywhere in cable right now -- and as a branding professional, I wonder how that will affect the overall branding of TV in the long haul.

Danny Groner, 06/27/12

Manager, Shutterstock

How do you find clients? Should you specialize in one area? What should you charge? For most freelance designers, comfort comes with experience. Here are five tips from design pros about how to turn your personal business into a thriving enterprise.

Katherine Losse, 06/25/12

Author, 'The Boy Kings'

In addition to video game rooms and toga parties, the Facebook office in 2008 was arranged something like a roller rink or racetrack, with employees, usually guys, skating perpetually in an oval, breezing past my desk at all hours.

Larry Magid, 06/26/12

Technology journalist

The report stands in sharp contrast to some naysayers who worry that Facebook might cause social and emotional distress, depression or social isolation.

David Sable, 06/27/12

Global CEO of Y&R

What really separates us from the rest of the animal world? Storytelling is as old as we are and will last longer than any mere technology used to enhance it.

Luc Gross, 06/26/12

Digital Explorer

What we used to call books are no longer the bricks that once sat next to our sofas but an accumulation of short messages we permanently carry around on our mobile devices.

Michael Barrie, 06/25/12

I have a habit of not deleting the dead. Nothing is as certain as death and taxes -- except on my iPhone 4S where the Reaper takes a permanent holiday.

Penny C. Sansevieri, 06/26/12

Author and CEO, Marketing Experts, Inc.

In an ideal world, your site should be able to weather any algorithm change that Google throws at you. If you aren't sure if your site is vulnerable to these changes, keep reading.

Jeff DeGraff, 06/26/12

Author, thought leader and innovation expert

Technology will set you free to express the real you -- until you realize that reality places you in the inbox on your smartphone just like everyone else. No worries, its outsmarted most of us.

Paul Adams, 06/26/12

Global Head of Brand Design, Facebook

In a world of exponentially increasing information, people need ways to navigate the volume. The way we navigate this new world is, interestingly, the same way we have navigated the world since the beginning of humanity -- we are turning to our friends.