Matthew R Williams

I had read similar opinions before and watched news pieces on TV, but this article in Wired really sums things up better than others in the past. It takes a closer look at the war in Iraq, how technology was tossed at soldiers as a quick fix whereas the real solution likely lies with social interaction between our soldiers and the actual Iraqi citizens. I did enjoy the history of “future weapons” that we now use and the theory behind how modern warfare would be conducted.

Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon were the first conflicts planned, launched, and executed with networked technologies and a networked ideology. They were supposed to be the wars of the future. And the future lost.

What Went Wrong: How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social — Not Electronic

Schedules, recaps, and more…all on former ABC News political director Mark Halperin’s vlog: ThePage.Time.com/

I must say that I am actually impressed with the majority of the candidates websites. Plus, they are all over Facebook, Myspace, and every other social networking site. Wired had an interesting piece on Ron Paul’s use of online campaigning.

Pick any Web 2.0 phenomenon and you’ll find Paul’s supporters exploiting it. […] Paul’s people are so Web-savvy they’ve even achieved the impossible: a MySpace page that doesn’t induce seizures.

Digg the Vote, Jason Tanz [Feb 08]

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/16-02/st_ronpaul