Also from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal (emphasis mine):

Nielsen said “member communities” are now at 67 percent participation while e-mail is at 65 percent.

The study found that of Internet users throughout the world, two-thirds visited a social networking site last year. Of those Palo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook is the leader, with visits every month by 3 of every 10 Internet users, the Nielsen study reports.

In fact, Facebook had a 168 percent increase in users, the study said, while Mountain View, Calif.-based LinkedIn had a 137 percent increase.

The biggest growth spurt for Facebook has been in the category of users from 35 to 49 years of age.

I believe it.  I volunteer to work with teenagers and they all are social site users who mock my antiquated references to email.  That is the generation moving into college and then into the work world.  Be prepared for the change is already underway whether you realize it or not.

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Ok, I’m confused – from our local Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal:

Gallup, Healthways and America’s Health Insurance Plans earlier this week ranked Minnesota as fifth in the country for the overall health of its people. In the case of emotional health, Minnesotans were ranked fourth.

The ranking, derived from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, comes about a week after the Minneapolis metro area came in 19th in BusinessWeek.com’s list of the 20 unhappiest cities in the United States.

In Minnesota, we refer to the Twin Cities as the “metro area” and the rest of the state as “outstate.”  Apparently happiness is found in the outstate areas.  This distinction is even more pronounced this weekend as our state high school hockey tournament is underway.  You have to live here to appreciate the enormity of this tournament.

Anyway, isn’t this a sign that we have way too many polls occurring in this country?

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