Slate: A faded starlet dancing at an oligarch’s birthday bash. A chef preparing a dinner party in a stranger’s kitchen. A best-selling author entertaining→

If you are an expert in something, you can offer your advice online — and turn that expertise into dollars. Mashable reports that small→

In the book Outliers by Malcom Gladwell there’s a theory that posits that if you do anything for 10,000 hours, you’ll be an expert.→

He may not have the power that Ben Bernanke wields or the kind of money that Donald Trump has, but the advice Bill McKown→

According to the SmallBizTechnology blog there are hundreds of “specialist” programs, setup by vendors that, to help you get the most out of technology→

ReadWriteWeb: GuruStorms, a new twist on the brainstorming concept which connects you with subject-matter experts instead of with the general public. The new site→

NPR: Somewhere beneath the rubble of the housing market collapse, there’s a man trying to dig out and build a clientele. And he’s doing→

Fast Company: Mark Anderson, one of the tech industry’s favorite prognosticators, offered at least a glimmer of hopeful news at his annual “Predictions” dinner→