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Can technology as service channel be used to effect change?

Leslie Poston — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:03:49 +0000

The national inclination these days seems to be leaning toward service, social change and doing things that are for the overall social good. It helps that social media and new [...]

Obama has focused on two main CTO candidates

Leslie Poston — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:22:53 +0000

Obama has been building a strong cabinet of advisers, but the position that was initially one of the most contested by political pundits is not yet filled: National CTO. The benefits of having a National CTO (Chief Technical [...]

Governor Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver turn to social web to build consensus

Leslie Poston — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:56:42 +0000

If you hadn’t noticed yet, the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has joined the ranks of Twitter users in politics. He isn’t alone – his wife, Maria Shriver, has been building a [...]

The New York Times’ Congress API opens, first step toward government transparency in US

Leslie Poston — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:38:34 +0000

This week marked the opening by the New york Times of the Congress API (application programming interface) to the public for the first time ever. Is this the first step toward a [...]

Verizon in bed with Microsoft Live Search for mobile phones

Leslie Poston — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:37:36 +0000

In today’s keynote address at the CES 2009 convention in Las Vegas, NV, Steve Ballmer announced a variety of things, including the new Microsoft – Verizon partnership for mobile search and other mobile networking features. This [...]

Senator Kohl looked into text messaging price gouging by cell phone carriers

Leslie Poston — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:20:11 +0000

Text messaging has become the communication method of choice for many of us, myself included. It is something that people take for granted while at the same time wondering why it is so expensive when [...]

Alcohol, the Internet and the Big Apple

Leslie Poston — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:16:18 +0000

Alcohol, the Internet and the Big Apple – what do they have in common? Nothing on the surface, but if you put them all together you may just have a recession-proof business. That is what the [...]

Football jock may want World of Warcraft name change

Leslie Poston — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:10:43 +0000

Football is not really known for having colorful characters. It has a few scary ones with prison records, and a few unfaithful ones with relationship issues that make the press, but so [...]

Foolproof kitchen counter computerized beer brewing

Leslie Poston — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:58:44 +0000

All in one gadget lovers and beer drinkers can now rejoice. Coming down the pike is a gadget that will be the best of both worlds: the all in one, under the counter, computerized beer brewing machine. Computers [...]

Twithority, twinfluence: influence is about more than follower count

Leslie Poston — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:17:37 +0000

The recent rash of metric based applications that use follower count to determine “influence” are pushing the social media landscape in a wholly unwelcome direction. Do we really want to continue down this path and create a [...]