Thursday, October 7, 2010

Did you know?

I remember watching the elections between Obama and McCain and thinking it was a passing of the guard.  That Obama was digital and McCain was analog even if Obama did have a little analog in him.  You can say, it was an analog-to-digital conversion.  In the youtube video, Obama totally took advantage of digital media while McCain stuck to more traditional ways of running his campaign.  

Convergence is Inevitable.  Social networks are booming and a lot of material are in digital format.  There is a boxing podcast that I listen to called "The Boxing Truth."  Boxing is one of the oldest sports in America and today, it is not a very popular sport compared to others (baseball, basketball, football, hockey).  What they do is have a two-hour show every week on Sunday and then archive it for  listeners to download via itunes.  It's great to listen to when I'm on the bus.  It's very interactive too because they have callers call in world wide from America, Mexico, England and beyond.  If only boxing promoters would catch on, then I think the sport can be big again.http://www.theboxingtruth.com/listen.php?id=266


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  1. SheehyJackOctober 8, 2010 at 12:29 PM

    That was funny – McCain is analog and Obama is digital. Digital won and did a much better job campaigning. So, in this case, what is traditional didn’t work nearly as effectively as a different approach did. This is what educators and business people need to understand in order to overcome the barriers they have toward implementing technologies use. Once we learn the technology the benefits will prove to be worthwhile.

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  2. Professor WynnieOctober 8, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    I love the fact that you can have access to events on demand. This put control over your time back in your own hands. You can decide when and where you will enjoy your favorite sport, lecture, show, concert or class. The possibilities are endless.

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