'social media' Tag

• YouTube: 1. War criminals: 0.

  March 13, 2012

  In the 7-day span since last week’s Rude VC column, the digital world has witnessed the fastest growing video campaign in the history of social media. I’m of course referring to the Kony2012 short film produced by Invisible Children.  The human rights organization launched a video with a sole objective to render famous and agitate […]

  posted in technology by mark bivens

• The end of second chances ?

  July 25, 2010

  One of the great virtues of technological progress is that it enables people to reinvent themselves.  An ex-convict can use a pc and a stack of used cd’s to mashup a hit rap song.  A cobol programmer can re-train himself to develop lucrative mobile apps for the iPhone.  A Greek immigrant can run for political […]

  posted in technology, venture capital by mark