New Tech in Politics - Where is it Going?

is saying all the things I've been saying for some time. The social networks are only as important insofar as they WORK. For that to happehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn, you need 2 types:

1. The technology innovators - those who create the tools, and
   
2. The technology power users, for lack of a better word. Those who aren't just passive users, following the crowd, but those who can see the tool, and understand the power of it for a particular purpose. In the new campaigns, they are known as the OPOs - the Online Political Operatives.

This all came up on the Twitter site, #DiggCons. As I have recently traded in my phone for a Blackberry, I can see where this would be useful. I'm not totally sure that the site will do all that I want, but I'm willing to give it a try. I've decided to think of it as a newsreader on steroids - one that will bump up stories that I want to follow.

Post on Next Right

I've decided to take up Next Right on their offer to post there. I'll be posting at least 2 times a weeks there; links will be on this blog. I'll give both a try for a while - whichever one gets more traffic, I'll use as the main page.

I haven't found out how to profit from the ads yet; that's a feature that's starting to make me money on this blog. I'll poke around the site, and see what it offers.