Alan Meckler

I have been flattered by a slew of questions about why I have not updated this blog recently. Here is the scoop. I have decided, for the time being, to take a hiatus on posting. I have been extreme...

Every once in a while I feel it is important to write about some personal experiences beyond the Internet and Jupitermedia. I rarely if ever go to concerts. But the other night I had the extreme pl...

Many readers know that I have had some success at creating new tradeshows. In the last year or so we have tried a number of new tradeshows. We have had some critical successes but not a financial w...

It is not often that I get a chance to be impressed. Over the years I have had some interesting personal experiences. I worked for Robert F. Kennedy. I met Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, Mi...

I never use LinkedIn other than to accommodate those that I know who want me to be part of their network. Several times a week I get requests to be "LinkedIN" with a colleague or acquaintance. I al...

The widely reported Yahoo-Google alliance appears to be a certain reality. Yahoo has indicated that the alliance will bring Yahoo an additional $800 million in revenue in the first 12 months of the...

Readers know that I was in Russian a few weeks ago. I always travel with my BlackBerry Curve and trusty IBM X41 ThinkPad (and now my new Kindle). Travel abroad always means addiional roaming charge...

Melvyn Weiss was sentenced to 30 months in jail yesterday. His one time senior partner, William Lerach, is currently serving a two-year jail term. Perhaps many readers are not familiar with Mr. Wei...

We continue to evolve at Jupitermedia. Our Graphics.com network today launched a new service offering online learning opportunities for all types of design and creative professionals. The service i...

We have lots of new blogs at Jupitermedia. One particularly interesting blog is written by John Mello who also runs our Megapixel.net Web site. This site has some of the best camera reviews found w...