Political Activists and Social Networks

My post about the use of Digg by Ron Paul activists attracted a strong response from Ron Paul supporters.  In comments on Digg and to my post, many folks acknowledged that they signed up for Digg specifically to submit and digg stories about Ron Paul. 

This was already pretty obvious. ...

Wikipedia: Source for Government Intelligence?

Gary sent me a link this morning that made me laugh (cry?) out loud.  Apparently, a US government agency has begun using Wikipedia as a source of basic intelligence information.  No kidding.

Via Secrecy News:

The collaboratively written online encyclopedia Wikipedia, created in 2001, has steadily grown in popularity,...

My Top 5 Blogging Tools

The excellent Pro Blogger has a post up asking reader's to list their top 5 blogging tools.  I started to write my list in the comments, but I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone and make it a full blog post.

So here are my top 5 blogging tools:

(1) WordPress

WordPress is the best blogging platform for my money because it is easy to use,...

Viacom Sues Google/YouTube: It’s About Time

Viacom Inc. reported this morning that it is suing Google and YouTube for $1 billion (via the Washington Post, BBC News, the Blogging Times).

Honestly, the only thing that surprises me about this is that it didn't happen sooner. 

Apparently, Viacom, which owns brands including MTV,...

Wikis for Everyone (and everything)

An article from a few days ago in Wired caught my eye this morning.  In What Would Jesus Wiki? author Michael Calore talks about Conservapedia, an "alternative Wikipedia" that presents history from the perspective of (religious) conservatives.

Conservapedia operates on the belief that Wikipedia's content maintains an unacceptable liberal bias. ...