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Very interesting! Compared with McCain I see Obama being much more tech savvy and realizing the importance of technology. Now, I don’t think a president has to be a tech nerd to have a good stance on technology – he can hire people to do this – however, if you don’t understand and believe the importance of it I think it’s hard to prioritize it. I was surprised to see Obama on Twitter. I just looked up John McCain on Twitter and there are a few accounts about him but I do not believe any officially run by him. I thought the notification by email and/or text message was a clever idea.

Of course Obama’s embracing and understanding of technology relates more towards the younger crowd, but did he already have much of the younger crowd? I wonder how much his “web presence” is helping him out. I think having a web presence (whether it’s political, musical or just wanting to get your name out there) is highly underestimated. Maybe it’s just because I’m a computer geek and I’m online all the time but I really believe embracing the Internet and technology can have some huge advantages. Sort of getting off-topic here–but sort of like musicians trying to fight the Internet and the whole copyright issue. If they spent the same amount of time they do on lawsuits and legal stuff than they do on using the Internet I think it would have a much more positive impact. In college (a year ago) I did a paper on the Internet and it’s impact on the music industry. There was a lot of research on the positives but there was no real hard, cold facts. Well, I officially got off-topic! Follow Obama’s Twitters if you’re interested. Don’t know what Twitter is? You’re living under a rock, so check Twitter out!

The Republican candidate for president, famous for admitting that he doesn’t know how to use a computer without assistance, has no plans for the future of technology in America.

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(Note: I tested out the “blog this” option in Digg that allows me to blog a Dugg article automatically. It works! Nifty!)