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....
Continue ReadingAccording 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??...
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:
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,...
Continue ReadingThe 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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