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Archive for May 1st, 2009


White House 2.0

In Barack Obama, Blogs I read, Government 2.0, networking, social media, social networking sites on May 1, 2009 at 7:25 pm

The White House blog announced the “White House 2.0” initiatve today as a response to Obama’s call to meet the new challenges not with “old habits and stale thinking”.

Here is a list of the 2.0 tools they are using to stay in contact with citizens (aka fans, followers and friends):


CDC is fighting the spread of the swine flu with viral technologies

In Center for Disease Control and Prevention, MySpace, Social Networks, Swine Flu, health, social media, social networking sites on May 1, 2009 at 3:59 pm

The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) is using several different social media channels to inform about the swine flu besides the traditional (Web 1.0) channels, such as frequent press briefings, general information in audio and video, etc.:

  1. Updates from the H1N1 page haven an RSS feed.
  2. Frequent updates are spread using Twitter.
  3. Video updates are posted using podcasts.
  4. Image sharing on the CDCs Flickr site.
  5. Buttons for your website.
  6. Information sharing on MySpace’s e-health page and daily strength group.
  7. Updates can be shared using several different services (Google Reader, Bookmarks, Delicious, Facebook, Digg, etc.).
  8. e-Cards to send by email to family members and friends to remind people to wash their hands.
  9. Agencies can embed a flu widget on their page.

On the funny side: Do you have swine flu?