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German Wikipedia Back Online After Controversial Shutdown
After it had been unavailable in Germany for more than two days, the Wikipedia's German portal is finally back online. The local German version of the Wikipedia had become unavailable after a member of the German parliament, Lutz Heilmann, pressed charges against the German Wikipedia because of defamatory statements in his biography on the site. Heilmann argued that the article was "false and slanderous." A German judge then ordered the closure of the German portal for the Wikipedia, wikipedia.de.
Obama to Address the Nation Each Week on YouTube
President elect Obama will bring the President's weekly "fireside chat" into the 21st century by offering it not just on the radio, but in video on YouTube as well. It's as if the new populist President really cares whether the next generation has a connection to what he's doing. That's where the people are - on YouTube, on MySpace and on Facebook.
More people will watch the President's talks than ever before, and they will post video responses. That's pretty remarkable.
The Election On The Web: A Slideshow
This historic U.S. election already fulfilled its promise of change even before the final ballots were cast. Never before had we seen the internet used so heavily in the political campaigning process. From Twitter debates to YouTube videos to Facebook and iPhone applications, the candidates, especially President-Elect Obama, used the tools found online to reach out to the modern-day voter. In addition, news organizations and other sites across the web enhanced the election process by encouraging citizen participation. The impact of these efforts made voting once again feel like a true participatory experience.
Obama!
Four years ago, I was among many people who were blown away by a speech that Barack Obama made at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Then in November 2004, exactly four years ago to this day, I blogged about Obama's interview with CNN after he had won his race for Senator. "Wow, this guy should be the next President", I enthused then. I went on to say that "Barack Obama has the intelligence, passion and clarity of vision to make a great president." Well, enough said. Four years later, it is reality. We at ReadWriteWeb celebrate this great moment in history!
Your Election Day Web Toolkit
Everything you need to find voter information, report on your experience, and track election results using social media and the web.
Over the past few weeks, we've heard of several different ways we can use the web to keep track of the U.S. Election coverage. We can use Google to locate our voting locations, record our voting experience for YouTube, and even Twitter our voting issues. Now that E-Day is finally upon us, it's time revisit those tools as we prepare for the most digitally enhanced election ever.
Electronic Voting 2.0
Living in Canada, I've been spared the joy of voting using Diebold's (now Premier Election Solutions') notorious machines. Given their track record, maybe it's time to consider another vendor - maybe someone with a huge installed base and a reputation for engaging, fun interfaces.
I'm thinking Nintendo. Wii-lections, anyone?
OMG I Cost Obama the Election
I don't like to talk about politics too much here on the blog. Oh who am I kidding, I do too. Even if I didn't though this new website from MoveOn would be worth a post because it is hilarious. In a frightening vision of the future, it appears that my personal apathy could end up being the deciding factor in the upcoming political election.
You've seen this done with church signs and parking tickets, but check out this particular manifestation of the personalization meme. I'm guessing that many of you will want to send it to friends and family. Hopefully at least 51% of you.
Memorandum Colors: X-Ray Glasses for Political Bias in Blogs
Upcoming.org founder Andy Baio and Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter have released a project called Memeorandum Colors. It's an easy-to-install Greasemonkey plug-in that shows the political bias of past linking behavior on blogs aggregated by Memeorandum, the political sister-site of tech aggregator Techmeme.
In this heated election season, Memeorandum is a huge asset for following politics online, but it's hard for the casual observer to get the most out of the conversation by merely visiting the site. Memeorandum Colors adds a whole new layer of clarity and sophistication to the site by color-coding algorithmically categorized liberal and conservative blogs.
5 Ways To Visualize The U.S. Elections
The U.S. presidential elections are right around the corner and it seems that just about everyone is looking for news, poll results, and other political coverage both online and off. For those of you who are still eagerly devouring anything related to the elections, you'll want to check out these five tools for visualizing election data. From earmarks to electoral votes, there's a lot you can learn from the apps listed here.
Government Report Finds Data Mining an Ineffective Way To Smoke Out Terrorists
Remember the "pre-cog" cop-things in Minority Report, able to figure out who was going to commit a crime before they committed it? If that's ever going to happen it looks like it's going to have to be something super-natural - because at least these days, technology is a long way from able to predict who's going to commit a crime.
A new 350 page report released today, written by heavyweights like former US Secretary of Defense William Perry, National Academy of Engineering President Charles Vest and sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, argues that large scale data mining of consumer and other records is of "limited effectiveness" in finding suspects preparing to commit acts of terrorism.
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