A Tale of Two Game Consoles

Back in November, a number of us here at The Bivings Group were captivated by the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 launch – so much so, that we set up our ImpactWatch demo to follow the news about the two game systems. Now that both the launch and the Holiday Season have past,...

John McCain to Make Online Reality Show as Part of His Campaign

The Los Angeles Times has a great piece today about the explostion of online video in politics.  The articles looks both at how both campaigns and activists groups are using viral video to try to impact the 2008 Presidential election. 

The whole piece is worth reading, but I found this tidbit about the McCain campaign particularly interesting:

McCain is planning his own Web version of reality TV....

Need a Loan? Forget the Bank and Hit up the Web

There was an article in the Washington Post this weekend that caught my eye.  It talked about a people-driven loan service.  Propser.com allows people who need to borrow money post an ad describing their needs.  Investors can then visit the site and pick which loans they would like to fund. ...

Link Roundup (1/28/2006)

• Presidential 2008 Site Analysis
  EchoDitto breaks down the features of the 2008 Presidential sites.  Similar to our own post a few days back and our 2006 study. (Via Personal Democracy).
• 2008: Who's Ahead Online (Rs)
  Micah Sifry from PDF breaks down the web efforts so far of the Republican candidates for President. 
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Hillary Clinton Posts Question to Yahoo! Answers

Following in the footsteps of the likes of Bono and as part of her "conversational" Presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton posted a question to Yahoo! Answers two days ago.  I'm not a big fan of Yahoo! Answers, but this seems like a pretty good idea. 

Here's her question: "Based on your own family's experience,...