Tag Archives: Values

Will Facebook’s new storytelling tools write a happy ending?

October 3, 2011 Comments


For some time now I’ve been asserting that technology is teaching us to be human again. When I say this, I mean that the ability to witness and experience the lives of others anywhere around the world, often in real-time, …

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Sherry Turkle of MIT: The human cost of social technology

September 26, 2011 10 Comments


In light of all the recent developments around social technology, from the launch of Google + to Facebook’s f8 conference launch of Timeline and Ticker last week, I felt it especially pertinent to share this interview with Sherry Turkle of MIT. …

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Should Unthink rethink?

September 22, 2011 Comments


This week marks the launch of Unthink, a new social network that positions itself as a counterpoint to Facebook and Google+ attacking what they describe as dishonest invasions of privacy. While there’s clearly room for another social network in the …

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Social media and climate change: How communities can change the course of history

September 13, 2011 Comments


Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States and a force behind the climate change debate and the film An Inconvenient Truth, has just announced a 24- hour worldwide presentation called “24-Hours of Reality” to combat the country’s growing …

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Robert Tercek: This Week In Social Media

August 31, 2011 Comments


Robert Tercek kindly invited me on his new show ‘This Week in Social Media‘ last week. As one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content and former President of of Digital Media at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, …

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charity: water’s 5-year anniversary: Drilling for hearts of gold

August 25, 2011 Comments


This September marks the fifth anniversary for charity: water, and I’ve had the priviledge of knowing some of the people involved in the organization for much of that time. I first met its founder, Scott Harrison when he was out …

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Images and Voices of Hope Summit: Is media disconnecting us from ourselves?

August 24, 2011 Comments


I’m really excited to be speaking at the Images and Voices of Hope world summit in September in New York. I wanted to share the event with you because it addresses what I think is a very important question. The theme …

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Will social media tear the top down or lift the bottom up?

August 10, 2011 Comments


Over the last eighteen months we have seen a remarkable series of events that have been driven in part by social media. Protests during the Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as well as those that continue today in …

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