Memory Leak

The world of politics is being impacted by viral nature of Web 2.0. This past week, a non authorized pro-Barak Obama video hit YouTube and quickly picked up 100,000 hits in two days. The video is a mix up of the classic “1984″ Apple ad that has Hilary Clinton playing the role of “Big Brother”. There are even interesting subtle updates to the ad which includes the woman throwing the hammer wearing an iPod. Obama’s campaign claims it had nothing to do with the video.

We don’t know much about the author but we do know that the new mechanisms of Web 2.0 (I hate that term) will have a profound impact on the upcoming elections. I’m sure that we’ll see more examples like this in the coming months.

I downloaded Google Notebook a few months back and only got around to using it recently.

Google Notebook makes web research of all kinds – from planning a vacation to researching a school paper to buying a car – easier and more efficient by enabling you to clip and gather information even while you’re browsing the web. And since Google Notebook lives in your browser, you won’t be left with a scattered collection of notes, Word docs, and browser bookmarks to sort through; all your web findings will be gathering into one organized, easy accessible location that you can access from any computer.

I must say that I find it very useful and use it quite a bit while researching on the web or just noting interesting things I see. Specifically, I like that 1) all the data is stored centrally so that I can get my data from any computer even when I clip from different browsers and 2) there is a convenient Firefox plug in for quick access. I highly recommend it.

Let’s take a time out from business and technology. Eric Clapton was at the HP Pavilion this past Sunday and what an amazing show. It’s was a evening of hot chops and cool blues. The setlist was the following (Thank you Where’s Eric):

01. Tell The Truth
02. Key To The Highway
03. Got to Get Better in A Little While
04. Little Wing
05. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad

Sit Down Set
06. Driftin’ (EC Solo)
07. Outside Woman Blues
08. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
09. Running On Faith

10. Motherless Children
11. Little Queen of Spades
12. Further On Up The Road
13. Wonderful Tonight
14. Layla

Encore
15. Cocaine
16. Crossroads (with Robert Cray)

I snapped a couple of shots below.