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How To Use The Web To Change The World

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on December 4, 2008 If you are interested in how to use the Web to create a grassroots political movement, tune in today and tomorrow to the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit, which is … Continue reading

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Technology Doesn’t Dumb Us Down. It Frees Our Minds.

Via the New York Times By DAMON DARLIN Published: September 20, 2008 EVERYONE has been talking about an article in The Atlantic magazine called “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Some subset of that group has actually read the 4,175-word article, … Continue reading

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Is a Social Media Friend Really a Friend?

Via Mashable September 17, 2008 – 4:31 pm PDT – by Mark Dykeman 5 Comments Would you trust a social media friend with your money? Your home? Your significant other? Your children? Your life? Your answer to those questions will … Continue reading

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How to Start a Local Support System Using Social Media

Via Mashable September 12, 2008 – 9:58 am PDT – by Leslie Poston 4 Comments The Real World Change 2.0 series with Leslie Poston is an ongoing look at how people are using social media tools and their personal and … Continue reading

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Is Mainstream Media Really Ready to Get Social?

Via Mashable by Steven Hodson 10 Comments There has been a lot written over the past year or so about how the time is coming when social media tools like Twitter will become not just the toys of the early … Continue reading

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I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You

Via the New York Times – BY CLIVE THOMPSON On Sept. 5, 2006, Mark Zuckerberg changed the way that Facebook worked, and in the process he inspired a revolt. Zuckerberg, a doe-eyed 24-year-old C.E.O., founded Facebook in his dorm room … Continue reading

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Social Media for Real World Social Change

Via Mashable – September 4, 2008 — 11:08 AM PDT — by Leslie Poston — The Real World Change 2.0 series with Leslie Poston is an ongoing look at how people are using social media tools and their personal and … Continue reading

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