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| The Coming Digital Presidency                                      |
|   from the your-vote-counts-as-much-as-they-want-it-to dept.       |
|   posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 26, @10:09 (Social Networks|
|   http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/26/1220248         |
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[0]Ranjit Mathoda writes “Marc Andreeson, the cofounder of Netscape, met
Senator Barack Obama in early 2007. Mr. Andreeson recalls, “In
particular, the Senator was personally interested in the rise of social
networking, Facebook, Youtube, and user-generated content, and casually
but persistently grilled us on what we thought the next generation of
social media would be and how social networking might affect politics —
with no staff present, no prepared materials, no notes. He already knew a
fair amount about the topic but was very curious to actually learn more.”
As a social organizer and a lover of new technologies, Mr. Obama could be
expected to make good use of such tools in getting elected, and he has
done so. What may not be as obvious is that Mr. Obama appears to have a
keen interest in using such technologies in the act of governing. And
whether Mr. Obama becomes president, or Mrs. Clinton or Mr. McCain do,
these new tools have [1], by the People and for the People communicates
and operates.”

Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/26/1220248

Links:
0. mailto:ranjit [Email address: ranjit #AT# mathoda.com - replace #AT# with @ ]
1. http://mathoda.com/archives/189

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