“lol...OMG!: What Every Student Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying” is a quick read and true to its reviews, there is not much to dislike about the book. I found it thorough, current and relevant without wandering aimlessly through loads of academic diatribe. The book is an excellent read for anyone who engages in Web 2.0/3.0, but it is aimed primarily at first year college students. My opinion is that it should be a mandatory read for any students who have unfettered web access, tweens, teens and educators in virtually all grade levels.

It is not that the ideas presented are earth shattering, it is that intelligent, generally good people sometimes do dumb things. On the internet, seemingly innocent jokes may be misconstrued. Drunken rants and the pseudo-anonymity of the internet may rouse the dark side of human nature. Ivester does not state it this way, but his book is basically about perfecting a digital common sense and understanding that online communications are different in that they are discrete (as one cannot append a context) and likely permanent.

Again, the e-book is available at: http://www.lolomgbook.com/#!vstc5=ebook or directly from Amazon through http://amzn.com/B0060FRNNQ