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White House to Web 2.0: not so fast

January 22nd, 2009 joel

A story on Politico.com last week is worth noting.

The White House Counsel has informed the new Obama administration that many of the social networking tools that they used to have a quick-on-its-feet successful political campaign cannot be used inside the President’s bubble.

During the campaign, AOL Instant Messenger and Google Chat were in constant use to quickly spread information through the far-flung staff. But with the concerns about security and the legal ramifications regarding the content of those posts needing to be archived and part of the public record, there is no IM in the White House.

Even though it sounds like a problem with lawyers run amok, the IM situation should give pause to all of us about the security of social networking tools, and any liability exposure we have when using them. Its all about the law keeping up with ever changing technology.

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Poll: DTV delay?

January 19th, 2009 joel

Last week’s poll was a survey of sorts, calculating the penetration of various Web 2.0 applications into our readers’ lives. Over three-fourths of respondents said that they used Facebook, while two-thirds had a YouTube account. Over half had a MySpace and/or eBay accounts. Twitter is used by 44% of respondents, but I’m sure that will be on the increase.

It is crunch time for the digital transition, and it looks like the government may blink. The New York Times reports that the incoming Obama administration is asking Congress to push back the switchover into June, as over two million analog TV owners are on a waiting list to receive converter coupons. Meanwhile, any delay could cause hardships for the TV stations who already have their engineering crews booked to go. What do you think, should we delay or get on with it?

Should Congress delay the digital television transition beyond February 17th?

  • No, any delay will cause even more confusion about the transition (79%, 26 Votes)
  • It doesn’t affect me, so I don’t care (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Yes, too many viewers will not be ready (6%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 33

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Poll: do you Web 2.0?

January 12th, 2009 joel

The football fans who read The Press and Tower have their allegiances, and not only for a particular NFL team. The have a preference for NFL commentators as well. CBS’s Jim Nantz and Phil Simms narrowly won the “A-team” favorites poll with 33% of the picks, followed by NBC’s Al Michaels and John Madden, and Fox’s Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.

With all of the recent talk about Twitter, and the proliferation of social networking tools in the new media, we want to know about which Web 2.0 networks do you actually have accounts in. Do you blog, YouTube, or Facebook? Just commenting on a blog or bulletin board without signing up doesn’t count. We want to know about how you’ve actually put energy into establishing a MySpace or Twitter account. Multiple answers for this poll are accepted, so totals will exceed 100%. There are hundreds of apps, so if I missed your favorite, drop it in the comments and I’ll add it to the poll if we get at least two requests for it.

Which Web 2.0 applications do you have accounts in (choose all that apply)?

  • Facebook (77%, 27 Votes)
  • YouTube (69%, 24 Votes)
  • MySpace (60%, 21 Votes)
  • eBay (57%, 20 Votes)
  • Blog (Blogger/WordPress/Movable Type, etc.) (49%, 17 Votes)
  • Twitter (46%, 16 Votes)
  • Flickr (26%, 9 Votes)
  • Wikipedia (26%, 9 Votes)
  • Craigslist (20%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 35

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