To be honest, I haven't exactly been engrossed in recent political news and agenda like most Americans. There's good reason to pay extra attention to the 2008 election, we have our first female candidate - Hillary Rodham Clinton. Senator Clinton, however, will not be the focus of this post. Earlier this month, our alternate Democratic candidate Barack Obama has integrated a full-fledged social network on his website BarackObama.com. Essentially a tool for his supporters to organize their efforts in the most optimal manner, signing up with My.BarackObama.com provides every user a slew of functionalities - My Dashboard (a page showing an overview of your account's activities), My Friends, My Events, My Messages, My Groups, My Fundraising, and My Blog. Support rallies have never been so easy to organize.
In addition to this network tool on Obama's official website, he also covered other bases by creating accounts with YouTube, MySpace, and Facebook (see screen shot). I'm not sure if he has my vote just yet, but he's sure caught my [web] attention.
From Matt: The scriptwriters made quite a few changes from the book, but they were all for the best - and booklover though I am I have to admit that its better to see magic than to read about it.
From Mina: I adore this film. Monsieur Hulot’s very modern sister and brother-in-law don’t know what to do with Tati’s charmingly untidy and bungling protagonist, who inhabits a world where meaning is still more important than appearances.
From Carey: A must see Hayao Miyazaki’s anime is Laputa: Castle in the Sky, originally released in 1986. A fantasy film that explores the altruistic and compassionate nature of humans, aspects lost through repeated exposure to power, technology, and the complexities brought by the combination of the two. 
Obama is pretty much rooted in directing grassroots efforts, so it makes perfect sense that he's using this to his advantage with social networks.
Posted by: Barack | July 12, 2007 at 04:45 AM