New Video Exposing Obama-Style Healthcare

This new health reform video produced by Colorado's Independence Institute (disclosure: my employer) is a great example of combining original research with short, viewer-friendly animation to convey a clear message about the dangers of greater government intervention in our health care.

Your "Real" Friends are your Online Friends (Or So Says Gen Y)

Is it easier to talk to your online buddies than your friends out there in the "real world?" Do you feel like you know more about what's happening in the lives of your Facebook and MySpace friends than with those who don't have accounts or don't bother to update them? According to a recent UK MySpace study of over 16,000 social network users, these sorts of feelings are common among today's younger generation. The study revealed that a good portion of this group admits to feeling more comfortable sharing and communicating with friends online than they do when logged out of cyberspace.

The Digital Battle Over Healthcare

Traditionally, August is supposed to be a little
quieter in Washington, DC. Not so this summer with the current debates
heating up over the future of the US economy, bailouts, healthcare
reform and energy legislation.

The Internet is certainly playing a key role. In fact, YouTube may
have officially reached its digital advocacy “tipping point” when a
handful of videos were recently uploaded featuring flustered
politicians struggling to answer tough healthcare questions during
several Congressional town hall meetings. 

Facebook Takes Friendfeed to Take on Twitter

So, Facebook has acquired FriendFeed. But what does it mean? Well despite the rhetoric of some that this is a minor deal because FriendFeed’s audience was small compared to that of its acquirer Facebook, or even Twitter, this deal should actually have some wide-reaching implications for the future of how many of us use the web socially.

Learning from Obama: (Read the E-Book, Don't Wait For the Movie)

As you might have guessed from the big, fat graphic to the right, that series of articles I did about Obama’s online campaign is finally edited into convenient e-book format, just in time for this week’s Netroots Nation panel discussion on the same topic (hmmm, guess who needs a deadline before he can finish, well, anything).