Steve in China - Google Maps Mashup

March 16, 2009 12:55 am · Filed under Internet stuff

Here’s a little Google map I made with pics and videos of me in various parts of the Middle Kingdom. I was feeling sentimental about my time there/hungry for some pork and pepper hot plate…yum.



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Rahm poked me!

December 11, 2008 3:38 am · Filed under Internet stuff, politics

The Facebook Administration:

And there are many other Facebookers whose names are being bandied about for top administration posts: Jason Furman, a senior economic adviser during the campaign (his profile picture is a snapshot of his baby girl); Jon Favreau, Mr. Obama’s head speechwriter, who has almost 600 Facebook friends; and Reggie Love, the President-elect’s personal aide, who is friends with Harold and Kumar’s Kal Penn!

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State Department goes YouTube

November 26, 2008 11:35 am · Filed under Internet stuff

Sean McCormack at the State Department is really an innovator in using social media for the government. Kudos to him and the dipnote blog (is it just me or does their logo look very Obama-esque?

You may think that its post-9/11 policies are out of date, but the State Department’s venture into the digital world is nothing to scoff at. Its year-old “DipNote” blog has 2 million viewers, and top spokesman Sean McCormack has just gone YouTube in the diplomat’s bid to bring State into the 21st century. “It gives a face and voice to the department,” he tells Whispers. Going online wasn’t easy, of course. It took two years to update the press room and website, but now, McCormack’s ideas are in demand from other departments and even foreign governments looking to beef up their online presence. One discovery: The blog and his YouTube press conferences attract different audiences. The blog, done by midlevel experts on a bunch of issues, is big with older viewers. His YouTube meets, where people E-mail their questions for him to answer, lures a younger and quizzical crowd. -Via Washington Whispers

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Your Brain on Google

November 21, 2008 11:47 am · Filed under Internet stuff

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