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How Will You Be Watching the Inauguration?
Next week, millions of people will be flocking to Washington DC to see Barack Obama be sworn in as our 44th President. Although tickets to get there are pricey (and maybe even sold out), you don't have to be at the inauguration to enjoy it.
News outlets will be streaming the event online, you can catch it live on Joost, and even Times Square (and San Francisco's own Civic Center) will be showing the action on jumbo trons.
US Congress Launches Their Own YouTube Channels
Taking their cue from Barack Obama's high-tech campaign that won him the presidency, the US Senate and the House of Representatives have launched their own YouTube channels in order to connect with the American public. Although past restrictions have prevented government officials from posing on outside websites, the rules have quickly changed to catch up with the online population.
Not only will the Senate's Official YouTube page bring you messages straight from your senator's office, but you'll also catch some behind the scenes tidbits, like which senators entered into a friendly wager on the Florida Gator/Ohio Buckeye game, and which one had to pay up in push-ups.
Prop 8 Opposition Uses Apple's Get a Mac Ad Parody
Happy Election Day, everybody! If you're a Californian, you're also deciding the fate of gay marriage in this state. There have been a lot of controversial ads, but this is the first geeky one I've seen.
Did You Get the Obama Running Mate Text?
Days after Barack Obama announced his running mate, it started leaking in how slow the much-touted text message announcement actually got to Obama supporters. "Be the first to know!" they crowed.
Follow What Obama and McCain Are Reading on the Internet!
This is the first campaign we've got to follow in this particular age of the Internet; with blogs, every little story becomes a big story, every mountain a molehill, as word-of-mouth has become URL-link-hand-offs. I'm already trying to keep up with CitizenSugar, and now, you can keep up with what the candidates and their campaigns are reading themselves, with Google's new Power Readers feature.
The Power Readers page is like reading shared items in Google Reader, only instead of a shared blog post from your friend, it's from Barack Obama.
Mitt Romney Loves His iPod, But Isn't a Mac Fan
Hot on the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently chatted with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington about technology-related issues including internet taxes, renewable energy, and tech-growth policies. He was also asked a couple of other fun gadget-related questions — because we just have to have a gadget-guru president! Check them out below!
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Run Your Own Presidential Campaign For Free
Think you can run a better campaign than Obama or McCain? Then you PC users can give it a go with a free game download from the Political Machine! In the Political Machine Express, you can play as Obama, McCain, Biden, or Palin in a 21-week race to the White House, stopping off in cities around the country for town hall meetings, speeches, debates, and produce TV ads to crush your competition.
Do You Text During Concerts or Other Shows?
The other night, I went to a concert with a few of my friends. After the initial bag check and ticket scan from security, we saw large signs at the entrance to the venue reading, "The artists ask that you set your phones to vibrate and refrain from texting and other cell phone use during the performance." While I'm used to signs asking concert-goers not to take photos or videos during the show, this was the first ban on texts or cell phone use I'd seen during a concert.
Website of the Day: Passive Aggressive Notes
Roommate frustrations? Lunch missing from your work fridge. .
Tech Dating 101: Decoding Post-Date Texts and IMs
The men of Swingers championed a rule that fundamentally changed how fellas of the '90s plotted post-date communication. They said a man should wait three days after a date to call a woman so she would want them more. Preposterous, right?
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