Her topic: BLOGS
Martha highlighted high traffic volume blogs such as Politico and Perez Hilton while everyone in the audience dawned laptops and blogged during her show. Exciting news- she featured the founder of Cute Overload today. Loves It!
Facts about blogging
- 77 million users in the U.S. are visiting blogs every month.
- There are 7.4 million active blogs.
- Special thanks to Technorati.com for supplying these blogging facts
When asked how she felt about the fact that John McCain does not use the latest forms of communication (email and the Internet), Martha Stewart responded saying it “was weird” and stated her concerns with his lack of being connected with technology. I totally agree.
I felt a surge of appreciation for Martha today and was thankful she chose blogging in our current fast-moving world as the topic. Why? Because I'm concerned that big business will eventually take over the free system we call google, wiki, blog, facebook, news.
An important Internet topic that I’ve been learning more about is net neutrality and how it’s bound to effect whether the Internet will be free in the future. Big phone and cable companies are trying to eliminate Net Neutrality, the principle that protects our ability go where we want and do what we choose online. Comcast, the largest supplier of cable services to our state is in the forefront of this issue- they’re putting big dollars behind their battle with the FCC over the management of cable rights.
Another great article about the movement can be found at PBS.org
In 2005 the FCC ruled that both cable and DSL broadband must abide by four principles similar to Net neutrality:
(1) consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice (2) consumers are entitled to run applications and services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement (3) consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network (4) consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers
