I never close my Firefox browswer. Ever. I only restart it when it's getting a little wonky. I generally leave three browser tabs open: GMail, Twitter, and my Falling Fruit GCal. Nowadays, I'm leaving a fourth tab open, my Zaadz page:) I'm finally diving back into the online social world, now that Falling Fruit has finally launched, after about six months of going dark.

GMail and GCal are obvious tabs to keep open: they keep connected and organized. Without them I don't survive.

Twitter is perhaps my favorite way to informally keep in touch with my friends lives. I've written a post on why I think it's useful.

Zaadz is hands down my number one social portal. The people are what's most important to me, and Zaadz user interface and features just keeps getting better and better.

Really, there's another internet portal I use first thing in the morning: Net News Wire. I use the desktop version and this is how I keep in touch with all my blog subscriptions and news feeds.

Pretty much, those comprise my arsenal of basic websites I use, though I have tons more that I use on a regular basis, but I'll save those for another geeky day:)

If you're like me, DIGG doesn't really "do it" for you. It works well for the tech crowd, but it sucks something bad for anything outside of that realm, particularly for the LOHAS community. MindBodyGreen is a new site that functions similary to DIGG in that you can submit sites, articles, news, stories, etc. related to mind, body, green. People can then vote submissions up or down, which brings them to front of the pack or buries them.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they do, and if you check them out, be sure to support Falling Fruit if you like what we're doing:) (I've already submitted our two current shows and our site. ABM = Always Be Marketing. See, Casey, we do pay attention to you:)

Hat tip to William Harryman.

Hey Zaadsters - Alia from Falling Fruit has created a Wikipedia article for conscious business. We would like to enlist your help in making this article an excellent entry that meets Wikipedia standards and will last scrunity. Conscious business is an important movement and development in the business world, and having an entry on Wikipedia would be an excellent way to provide references for those new to it.

So, if you're passionate about conscious business, passionate about Wikipedia, and/or skilled in writing and editing Wikipedia articles, please take a little time to contribute:)

I'm happy to announce that we've launched our company blog at Falling Fruit.

This blog--called "Shoot the Fruit"--will contain short posts on interesting tidbits related to business, new media, consciousness, and more, as well as longer articles written by the Falling Fruit staff and show hosts. Subscribe to the blog in your favorite feed reader to get automatic updates, or just visit us regularly.

We'd love for to join the conversation on the blog as well, and you can do so by clicking on the blog post titles and leaving a comment.

Let us know what you think!

The answer to this question might depend on which type of media you're talking about. I divide media broadly into two types: traditonal/big media and new/niche media. Media is being transformed as we speak and so will the role of media overall.

Media, I think, is actually quite devoid of meaning: it is a technical term, the plural of "medium", and all the various forms that media takes are just vehicles, or mediums, for communication. Media includes so much, good and bad, meaningless and profound. To talk about media in general terms simply misses the point. A better question might be, in what ways can we use media to transform the world?

I understand that it is common for people to mean "news sources" to mean "media", but I'm hereby reclaiming that word:) If we can bring it to its broadest meaning we can begin to see all of the possibilities that media offers us. There were always be media for entertainment and media that appeals to the shallow parts of our minds and souls. So, what? I'm interested in how I can use the different media platforms as vehicles for goodness and transformation. With that in mind, we have moved into a new period in media where new media has arisen in the Long Tail and can have a significant impact on the world. Technology is allowing us to take advantage of media in lightening quick ways that big media can't do, and therefore we can act more quickly in response to the opportunities and problems that we are presented with each day. I plan on writing a more in depth post on this over at Falling Fruit, so stay tuned there and I'd love to hear your thoughts on all of this:)

I'm happy to announce a new show on the Falling Fruit network: Modern Immortal. This is a fun and irreverent show delving into health issues from an alternative and complementary approach.

Now, it's easy for me to say that this show will be great: I helped develop and produce it:P But, as much as I can give an ubiased opinion, I am very excited about it from a personal stand point. I am very much interested in complimentary health and have slowly been trying out approaches. It's difficult, however, to know what is effective and what is plain crazy, and my experience with Ben and Marco is they do a good job at being critical and fair in their assesments. Also, I love their energy: they're upbeat, humurous, and have a lot of energy.

If you want to get a behind-the-scene look at the Falling Fruit Studio, check out my post on Shoot the Fruit, the official blog for Falling Fruit.