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John Edwards Woos Robert Scoble

Ever 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....

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Kids vs. Sen. Stevens: A Web-Savvy Showdown or a No-Brainer?

According to the average American, this one’s a no-brainer. In a poll of 1,203 American adults, Zogby International and 463 Communications reported that 83% of those surveyed believe that a typical 12-year old knows more about Internet than members of Congress.

Do I even need to remind anyone that The Internet is a Series of Tubes??...

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Problogger Group Writing Project Roundup

The 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:

  • Top 10 “Crzy” Tech Gifts by Nic
  • The Year in Review: The Best Websites You’ve Never Visited (and some you have) by Erin
  • What Google,
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Voter Contacts During 2006 Election Cycle

Pew Internet Life released a fascinating study a few days back (PDF) that looked at voter contacts during the 2006 election.  Below is a table summarizing the key findings:

Two things jump out at me here:

(1) 56% of folks surveyed received recorded calls urging them to vote,...

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Top 8 YouTube Videos of 2006

The Associated Press released a list of their Top 10 YouTube videos a few weeks back. And we did a Top 10 Political Videos list back in September. So here’s a derivative post listing our Top 8 YouTube videos of 2006.

(8) Microsoft designs the Ipod packaging….

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