This past week, I’ve run across a couple of blog posts talking about anonymity on the web, especially as it pertains to the expression of opinions (whether through comments, message board posts, or mediums of online expression). James D. Robinson III of RRE Ventures linked to a post (including a video) entitled “Are the Trolls [...]
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Anonymity on the Web
June 7th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, VC, tech
Tags:anonymity·anonymous·Chris Dixon·Formspring·GRP·James D. Robinson III·Mark Suster·RRE·troll
What’s Next Beta Launch
May 24th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent
Remember that e-book I wrote about a couple months ago? The one titled “What’s Next: Big Ideas from 25 Gen-Yers Under 25”? Well, the beta of the e-book is out to the public! Here’s the blurb: “Inspired by Seth Godin’s What Matters Now, it showcases the stories & insights of 25 bright young voices from [...]
Blogging Update
May 20th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, VC
Apologies for not having made any new posts in the past couple of weeks. It’s been extremely busy with a new staffing I’ve had, and I’ve barely had time to keep track of what’s going on in the worlds of socent and VC, much less write about it. Hopefully I should have some downtime this [...]
Help Change the World!
May 3rd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent
…One step at a time! Here are projects from two of my friends that I want to profile for you guys today. They are helping to change the world land make it a better place, one step at a time. The 3:18 Movement The first one is The 3:18 Movement, which is an organization founded [...]
Tags:card·clean water·Jubilee Project·LifeWater·Mother's Day·Pepsi Refresh·refugees·The 3:18 Movement·Uganda
Facebook Privacy Fail
April 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, tech
Facebook is again violating personal information: As of today, there is a new privacy setting called “Instant Personalization” that shares data with non-Facebook websites and it is automatically set to “Allow.” Go to Account > Privacy Settings > Applications and Websites > Edit Setting (for Instant Personalization) and uncheck “Allow.” Click on the screenshot below [...]
Tags:1984·Big Brother·Facebook·fail·Instant Personalization·privacy
The True American Idol
April 19th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, tech
If you haven’t heard about Glee, here’s the basic gist: it’s a show about a high school glee club that is essentially done in the style of a musical, with musical performances interjected in between the narrative material. It’s become a huge phenomenon now, with some 2 million digital song sales, and 13.7 million viewers [...]
Tags:American Idol·Chase·Glee·Lean on Me·online voting·Pepsi Refresh
A New Paradigm of Investing
April 8th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, VC, socent
Just a few weeks ago, I received a call from a friend I met through StartingBloc, Kim Scheinberg. We had only briefly met before, so I was very honored to be on the receiving end of a phone call from her about a new project she was working on, one that was directly in the [...]
Tags:angel investing·Kim Scheinberg·Presumed Abundance·Rafe Furst·socent·social entrepreneurship·StartingBloc·venture capital
