My First Citizen/Social Media Inauguration
Yesterday’s inauguration of President Barack Obama was significant in so many ways. For web geeks like me, it’s the first time citizen media played such a significant role during an inauguration. Given Obama’s grassroots campaign and his message of citizen responsibility, this is only apropos. Numerous netizens, web sites, blogs, video sites and social networks ...
Pledge Ada Lovelace Day
I pledge that for Ada Lovelace Day I will publish a blog post on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 about a woman in technology whom I admire. Details: Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. Women’s contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces ...
A Good Day for America
The Democrats finally make the move to regain power and I couldn’t be more excited. My parents live in Northen Virginia so it was a victory on many levels. San Francisco’s Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman Speaker of the House. She’s also the first speaker to post to a blog.