Like all influential and complex entrepreneurs, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is many things to many people. But he is, first and foremost, our young century's first Millennial CEO. That's a fact that's been glaringly omitted -- not to mention profoundly misunderstood -- in everything that's been written and reported about Zuckerberg this year. And due [...]
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Mark Zuckerberg — Our First Millennial CEO
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Tagged:Barack Obama, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Millennials, Social Media, Technology
The Goracle — Al Gore, the Internet and the Future of American Politics
The advent of global warming, the dangers of declaring war on Iraq, the power and reach of the Internet. Is there another American political figure who's been so right, so prescient, about so many things -- and, in turn, so loathed by a consistent vocal opposition? No, there's only one "Goracle." All eyes will be [...]
Tagged:Activism, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Blogging, Journalism, Politics, Technology, Television
TRANSCRIPT: Q&A with Al Gore
This is the transcript of a wide-ranging, two-part, three-hour interview with Al Gore, touching on the impact of technology and the Internet in politics, both in the U.S. and abroad; the state of the mainstream media and the left and right blogosphere; the role of the Web in spreading the facts about global warming, among [...]
Tagged:Activism, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Blogging, Campaigning, Journalism, Politics, Social Media, Technology, Television
Citizen Gore
The former vice president on the 2000 election, his new book and how digital democracy can save the planet
Al Gore has spent his career in public office preaching about two issues. The first — the threat of global warming — earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. The second — the political potential of the Internet — has earned him mostly ridicule. But ever since Barack Obama's election, even Web-savvy Republicans have started to [...]
Tagged:Activism, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Blogging, Campaigning, Politics, Technology, Television
e-Hail to the Chief
Obama Won With Web's Help. Now, How to Govern Using That Community?
"Fired up, ready to go -- that was the campaign slogan," says a beaming Ernest E. Johnson on a recent Saturday. A real estate agent and longtime Washington activist, the 60-year-old worked the streets and the Internet, networking and organizing to make sure Barack Obama got elected president. "Well, people are still fired up and [...]
Tagged:Activism, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Campaigning, Politics, Social Media, Technology, Text Messaging, Wikipedia, YouTube
