The New Media Diva

Month: January, 2009

Official Obama

Via Next Web Blog, above is the first presidential portrait taken with a digital camera. Next Web has all of the EXIF data, so head over there if you’re interested. Hmmm. I *almost* think they needed fill light on him on his left, but other than that, it looks…presidential.:-) It will be interesting to compare [...]

VentureBeat, The Standard: Idiocy at its best

Probably one of the most idiotic commentaries I’ve read in a long time (and I’ve read some doozies) is on The Standard. It was reposted from VentureBeat, but VentureBeat seems to have taken it down. (Update: Article has been removed from TS. See note below post and comment from Eric Eldon of VB). It’s concerning [...]

Kazakh PM: 'Get blogging'

Or however that’s said in Kazakh. Facing criticism about lack of press freedom and freedom of speech in his country, Kazahkstan’s PM Karim Masimov has ordered his ministers to blog. Masimov already has a blog. I have no idea what it says. According to Reuters, he wants all officials to start blogs “where people will [...]