Quietly, without trumpets, fan fare, ticker tape parades or walks outside of the limo that give the secret service heart attacks, President Barack Obama has been changing the way the executive branch of the government does business online.  Not only that he's influencing the other branches, in part...

Het is 2009 en de economie zit diep in de shit. Moderne tijden, maar de aanpak had zo uit de hoge hoed van de oude Drees kunnen komen. Op 13 maart komt het kabinet met zijn plannen. Mogelijk met een herhaald beroep op onze VOC-mentaliteit. Maar als het kabinet een klein beetje van die mentaliteit [....

At DC’s Social Media Club event this past week, I heard many mumors about Scribd, so naturally I checked it out. I have yet begun to explore the site, but already I am impressed. With the self-description of “democratizing publishing� through its document sharing community, it’s hard not to ...

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This week on Twitter there has a drum beat sounding in the distance that seems to be getting louder and closer as inauguration day draws closer and the economic signs continue to get worse.  The messaging is clearly meant for the eyes and ears of the Digi-President and his band of social media guru...

It's hardly news that Barack Obama used the web and social media in ways no candidate had done before. Today the Washington Post breaks down the details. The campaign raised more than $500 million online. More than 3 million donors made a total of 6.5 million transactions. 6 million of these transac...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about how social media will make the world a better place .  The past Tuesday, I think that this point was proven to the world as a junior senator from Illinois was elected the President of the United States. Much has been written about the way that, over the past 2 ...

Today's vote is historic. And I assure you that no matter who you voted for,your guy in some way manipulated you. Once you found yourself making your choice, most people will defend their choice logically. Although as we know in sales 101, we buy for emotional reasons and justify with logic. . Some ...

Jerry Springer and Rush Limbaugh get it. So do Jim Cramer and Dick Vitale. To attract a significant following in today’s noisy, media and blog-saturated world one has to express controversial views, delivered in a loud and boisterous style. Perhaps that’s what the editorial staff at New Yorker m...

Barack Hussein Obama is the popular candidate amongst the general population under the age of 35 in America. From social networking sites like Facebook.com, Digg.com, and Reddit.com, you will see litereally hundreds of thousands of people supporting Barack Obama, while only thousands support Hillary...