Democrat John Edwards has gotten a lot of attention in the blogosphere for announcing his candidacy for President on YouTube. A little more quietly, another candidate, Democrat Tom Vilsack, has launched a video blog over on blip.tv (via WP Post IT blog).
Here’s one of his recent posts where he talks about “the power of the Internet to enable conversation between voters and candidates.”...
Continue ReadingEver since his appearance before hard core geek bloggers and techies at Gnomedex in July, there has been a certain enthusiasm about John Edwards’ Presidential candidacy in the tech blogosphere. Why? I think a big reason is that he is wooing a contingency that isn’t used to being wooed by politicians....
Continue ReadingThe Problogger Group Writing Project wrapped up last Friday and somehow I managed to win a Nintendo Wii for participating with my Top 8 YouTube Videos of 2006 post. The prize was kindly donated by 451 Press.
As a wrap up, here are some cool posts submitted by other contestants:
In a nod to user generated content (blogs, social networks, video sharing sites, etc.), Time Magazine has named "you" the person of the year.
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Continue ReadingChris Anderson, author of the Long Tail and the editor-in-chief at Wired Magazine, has written two (1, 2) though provoking posts outlining how online media might work in the future. In his second post, he outlines his vision for "radical transparency" by the media. There is some great thinking here....
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