So far this cycle, two candidates for President have fully embraced the concept of user-generated content: John Edwards and Barack Obama. Barack Obama has his own social network and allows users to create their own blogs hosted on his site. John Edwards hosts a DailyKos style blog network that allows any user to start their own diary/blog on his site....
Continue ReadingI’d like to take a moment here and point out a nifty new feature on Google maps. Google just launched something called “My Maps”, which gives users the ability to create their own maps, adding their own personal landmarks, lines, and shapes. You can keep your maps private, or make them available to the public via Google Earth and local searches....
Continue ReadingWagner James Au of GigaOM has a fascinating look at why, despite the endless hype, marketing in Second Life hasn’t proven to be effective yet. This is a good companion piece to a link I posted yesterday that provides some practical reasons to be skeptical of Second Life’s marketing potential (put me in the big time skeptic category)....
Continue ReadingSometime in the last few weeks, Hillary Clinton launched a simplified, Spanish version of her campaign website. Unless I’m missing something, Hillary is the only candidate that has gone bilingual on the web so far.
As a note, Presidential campaign websites for the general election almost always have a Spanish version....
Continue ReadingThe Onion, the satirical news outlet, launched its newspaper here in Washington, DC today. Finally, the nation’s capital has journalistic integrity!
When I received a copy last evening (today’s news yesterday – I love it!) a front page headline caught my attention. It is:”‘Most E-Mailed’ List Tearing New York Times‘...
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