Obama

Random Twittery thoughts

By Ira Nathenson on January 19, 2009

The Twittered Inauguration. Though I doubt President Obama will twitter from the podium tomorrow, many others at the inauguration will post tweets, photos, and videos at what the NY Times is calling a “wireless Woodstock.”  Although wireless networks are adding extra capacity, they’re still asking people to try to limit their wireless use.  No shock [...]

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Change.gov and Open-Government.us: an open Web 2.0 approach to the Obama transition

By Ira Nathenson on December 7, 2008

A new website, Open-Government.us, proposes three “open transition” principles for President-elect Obama’s transition to the office of the President.  The site, set up by Lawrence Lessig and others, notes the importance of openness and accessibility for the transition process.  For example, although Obama’s Change.gov transition site is generally subject to a Creative Commons license, his [...]

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