I believe it, do you?

A colleague of mine today put forth the idea of the blogosphere as a truly functional public sphere on an international level — and how it can get there. I then posted that I truly feel there is a substantial movement and much energy working towards this goal. But regulation / legislation often steps in — or fails to step in — in a way that slows the process.

Anyone care to extend on these thoughts?

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Run For Your Life!

After a 5-year study in 11 countries, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Organization for Standardization have concluded that the above sign has the ability to scare the sh*t out of anybody, regardless of linguistic, cultural, religious, international or planetary differences.

Apparently, only Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains unphased.

And no, I’m not making this up.

VIDEO: Obama on ‘This Facebook Thing’

Barack Obama ended his speech at a Feb. 20 LA rally with a shout-out to students who formed the Students for Barack Obama Facebook group. Along with Facebook and the social networking/fundraising hub http://my.barackobama.com, the Obama campaign is diving headfirst into a Web 2.0-driven campaign.


More campaign ’08 coverage and video here.