The Txt Msg McCain Doesn't Wanna Hear

Andrew Keen of The Independent applies McLuhan's iconic "media is the message" to Obama's text message announcement of his running mate, Biden. Though his argument is overshadowed by his misquote "message is the meduim", he makes other points that are relevant: Is McCain evolving to live in the new medium/environment, as we read with Grossberg?
Furthermore, is it important to the American people to have a media-savvy president?

Andrew Keen's "New Media: Obama's Medium is the Message McCain Does Not Want to Hear:"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/andrew-keen-on-new-media-obamas-medium-is-the-message-mccain-does-not-want-to-hear-937460.html

The Creation of a Digital Library

This article is from a couple of years ago; it discusses the possibility of scanning all literary works ever created into a massive, virtual 'universal library', modeled after the idea of the library at Alexandria. This way, we can all use this fun toy:

Perhaps, we are just paranoid that something is making us stupid?

Making America Stupid
The above is an article about the presidential candidates and their actions dealing with fossil fuels & renewable energy (NY Times).

But....Google said so: Searching for Valid Info on the Web

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7613201.stm

Please ask this one about dinosaurs...

Dear Mr. Obama Viral Video

Added to YouTube on August 27th and there are now over 5 millions views.

Using one device to access another device to control another device...

"Research In Motion and digital video recording service, TIVO are teaming up to offer customized TiVo services for the BlackBerry. The initial phase of the plan will allow TiVo subscribers to access and control their DVR’s schedule and programming detail via BlackBerry phone. The integration is expected to be put in action later this year. Other than that, the companies also mentioned the future development is to simplify and improve mobile access to video content."

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"Perhaps nothing changes, except the gadgets" ?

Click here to check out the Vanity Fair article by Michael Wolff "Generals, Gadgets and Guerillas"

Excerpt from page 2: "For instance, there remains the belief, which became the reassuring mantra about 10 years ago, that the natural progression of content and technology was toward some primary and central device. This was called “convergence.”