Benny Lava is my new stage name

Those who use their Twitter accounts for both personal and professional purposes often find themselves wondering whether they are damaging their credibility with funny anecdotes or social tweets. According to a study published in the March issue of Learning, Media and Technology, however, the answer to that question is a resounding "no."

Instead, students perceive instructors who make social tweets as more credible than instructors who remain strictly business, lending support to the idea that knowing a real human is behind the Twitter stream helps people feel more confident about that person's abilities.

Journeys for headphones

Like dreaming while awake, our recordings create the illusion of being transported to another place. Not just the sounds of nature, but the spaces of forests, canyons, rivers and open fields induce a “being there” experience. Created with recording techniques designed specifically for headphone listening, they reach deep into your subconscious and the dreaming begins.

Natural SoundNature’s living, changing, 3-D sound field is captured with accurate depth, distance, space and position. Above, below, behind, and all around, you’ll wonder why you’ve never heard anything like this before.

Film Scoring for the MindPristine natural events and environments are arranged and orchestrated into Journeys and Natural Spaces. Always shifting and changing, they go far beyond static nature recordings. Designed to entertain and relax you, they pull you in and become yours.

My cat, Tippy, loves the demos.

I did have a hard time fitting him with earbuds, though.

What a great teacher!

A campaign is urging the six million older people in the UK who have never been online to get connected as a way to help stave off loneliness.