Information in a changing world

I, being a stumble addict, happened across some handy bit of information on “How has Information Changed?” written by, I think, David Warlick.

He begins the post with a question, which is also the title, and then continues to define and create reason based on principles and experience with the digital world. This discussion is further enhanced with the comments added at the bottom. I also enjoy his writing style, it was smooth and easy. I did however dislike the fact that it was rather short.

Take a look at it and come back to me about your opinions. I agree with this information and I would like to see if someone can come up with an opposing opinion or possibly shed a little more light on the miracles of the digital culture.

Also I thought this site was pretty funny: Blocks for sale

The effective use of the internet during Presidental Elections

Well, the elections are coming fast and I am still confused about who to vote for. I do not side with a party, I just vote for whom I think will do the best job at making me happy. So far I’m with Obama, and kinda for Hillary. I just don’t know really which way to go, so I hopped on the internets (yes internets) and looked at their websites. Obama and Hillary have outstanding pages, with flash, detail, and information. I was surprised to find out that they had completely different setups. I decided to also visit the sites of the other candidates as well.

I saw that all the candidates had effective use of Java and Flash. They really utilized it’s potential at making everything appear confident and attractive. I also noticed that every candidate had a way to donate through the internet via credit card or whatever. There were also little ads, which I found amusing because you would think that a campaign this important would be sponsored by crap loads of useless products for the campaign.

Another feature I enjoyed were that some candidates had count-down timers and also used dates for the next primaries and so forth. There were also many BLOGs that I saw, I’m sure that none of them were actually written by the candidate however they were still to date and active. I didn’t see a forum anywhere, which is a good idea on their part; because if you have a forum and leave it open for public posts you may get bad criticism or spam.

Overall I think that each candidate did a fair job with their site layout, I did however enjoy Hilary’s the most because it was easily navigate-able and held more eye candy.