Thursday, January 31, 2008

Barack Obama can even unite Bill and Steve

According to Gizmodo, both Bill Gates' father, William and Steve Jobs' wife Laurene have donated to the Obama campaign. I guess they too realize that he is the tech enthusiast's candidate.

An article was written last year at VentureBeat about Obama's ambitious technology plan, including his intention to name a technology czar or "Chief Technology Officer" for the country.

The of the most ambitious parts of his plan is his planned use of the internet to make government totally transparent and interactive, making sure that lawmakers broadcast their meetings over the web, and also requiring that they use blogs and wikis to communicate with voters. Finally a president who thinks of "the internets" as a valuable tool for all sectors of America, both public and private.