The Web and current media technologies have the potential to allow a voter to be informed about every issue from every candidate. Each candidate, citizens, and the thousands of bloggers can discuss, chew, twist, and digest every viewpoint and nuance of every campaign. One can read just about any national or international paper online. Cable and Satellite TV provides a variety of newscasts. There are also Podcasts, email lists, online groups, MySpace-like places, and so on. Unfortunately...

In my last post (Wiki the Candidates) I wrote about how there were candidate bios in Wikipedia. While this action was new to me I found it quite interesting. Thinking about some of the new Web 2.0 technologies, I thought it might be interesting to see if social bookmarking sites played a role in the gubernatorial campaign. Del.icio.us is a popular social bookmarking site. I entered each candidate's name. Naturally, I received each candidate's home site. Here are some of the other sites tha...

I'm a fan of Wikipedia. I like the concept. Collaboration and social media interest me. Initially, I was surprised when I saw Wikipedia entries for the gubernatorial candidates. After a moment, I thought "why not". The Web offers a variety of techniques for communication. That is what the Web is about, communication. The following candidates have Wikipedia entries. * Chris Gabrieli (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gabrieli) * Kerry Healey (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Healey) ...

With today's technology, it is impossible to be uninformed about the candidates. Today, being uninformed is a choice! Please visit all the campaign sites, even for those candidates that you dislike. We have six candidates running for governor. Here are their sites: * Chris Gabrieli (www.gabrieli.org) * Kerry Healey (www.healeycommittee.com) * Christy Mihos (www.christy2006.com) * Deval Patrick (www.devalpatrick.com) * Tom Reilly (www.tomreilly.org) * Grace R...