Most people who read this blog probably know that I’m the lead developer of the blog system Lyceum. Well, we recently released Lyceum 1.0. Read about it here.
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I’ve discussed Obama’s web presence before. My feelings on this are only getting stronger. I’ve noticed something about my experience visiting Obama’s site over the past couple weeks. Not only do web/cluetrain geeks such as Fred, Zack, and myself think that he should have his own blog, but when I see the community tools, and the open and personal voice, and the campaign updates, I feel like his bog IS there, but I just can’t find it.
That might sound silly, but go there and see if you agree. With all that juicy up-to-the-minute content, and in particular the “ObamaHQ” blog (with weak IA semantics in the title tag for both the main blog and individual posts, btw), can’t you just imagine Obama chiming in any minute? “Hi folks. We just got back from Austin. I don’t have time to write much but I just wanted to make a few quick notes about what I learned about what’s on Austinites minds these day.”
Which I feel indicates that they are doing a LOT of things right. But there is just this one missing piece…
As a follow up to this post– Barack Obama has launched a new campaign site, complete with profiles, social network tools, blogs, and excellent graphic and UI design. There is a main blog for “staff on the New Media team at Obama for America headquarters”…
But where is Obama’s own blog?
A while back I blogged about a Citizen Journalism Unconference that I attended. Coté’s interest was piqued and he invited me to join him for a podcast on the matter. A few weeks later, it happened.
If I remember correctly I was getting over some manner of sickness at the time, I may have been hungover and/or not sober, and either the transmission or recording method mangled the sound. I don’t usually sound like a hyperexcited flamboyant duck. (I’ve heard my voice recorded a lot and am very familiar with the difference between my voice in my head and my voice as heard by others).
That said, I’m very pleased with how the podcast turned out. We covered a lot of ground and I think discovered a few things. Check it out.
