Note: This article was written for Mashable.

It’s almost time for Thanksgiving, and that means family traditions. But what if your family doesn’t really have any, or you simply want to start your own new ones? This might be the year where it’s your turn to up the heat and put together a Thanksgiving feast. With social media and the web, we’re lucky to have everything we need at our fingertips, through videos, online invitations, and online recipe collections. Shoot, if you want to throw a proper Thanksgiving dinner and want to avoid squabble over the wishbone, you can even order Plastic Wishbones online! Read the rest of this entry »

 We already know the networking and business benefits of using Twitter. Sure, you can meet new business contacts, drive traffic to your website and share intimate moments with all of your followers. But how can a social network that depends on millions of 140 character statements help someone in the real world?

Well, the possibilities are endless. From having someone local bring you a tank of gas when you’ve run out, to shacking up with a friend on a conference excursion, here’s a list of ways Twitter can save you money, time, and increase your real world social skills. Read the rest of this entry »

The iPhone’s built-in accelerometer has opened up a new world of mobile gaming, introducing fun, engaging, and interactive applications from virtual golf to racing games, mobile beer pong, and more.

Here are over 100 free and paid apps that are worth checking out, especially if you’re looking for ways to waste some time, say in line at the grocery store, or in the car on your way to some holiday festivities this year. Read the rest of this entry »

 If you’re already subscribed to Golf Vacation Insider or GolfWorld RSS feeds on your iPhone, the iGolf app from Palo Alto-based Social Gaming Network should be a healthy addition to fantasizing about your next birdie.

Originally, the iGolf app was released last week and has since seen over half a million downloads. In its basic form, you could go to the virtual driving range, choose a club, assume your best golf stance, and take a swing. Read the rest of this entry »

email charity, the startup that offers free email signature templates for local charities just released their Obama and McCain email signatures. If you already wear the Obama and McCain pins, it’s time to flash your digital bling.

The site gives you an easy-to-use interface where you can input your signature information and create a signature widget that can be automatically installed into your email or webmail client.

On a common-sense note: a bad time to install a political banner in your email signature might be when you’re applying to jobs, apartments, conducting email conversations with your girlfriend’s political activist father, etc. Read the rest of this entry »