After the revolution, where next for online Egypt?
Egypt has show how the modern connected complex world has become more fragile, reports Ged Carroll.
Ged Carroll
Ged writes on the digital economy; he is director, digital strategies at Ruder Finn and is a member of the faculty at Econsultancy. He has previous worked for a number of brands including Yahoo! and as guest lecturer at LaSalle Business and Engineering School, Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona. He speaks regularly on digital issues and youth marketing. In a prior life he ran warehouse parties and worked in an oil refinery. His personal blog can be found at renaissancechambara.jp.
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