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Posted on November 10, 2008 - by Wayne Sutton

Talk Social News Episode 13: Politics4All with Thomas Cook, find out how to help a reporter out along with twitip & everything twitter, while Linkedin started planning events

Politics4all - Political Social Networking, Campaigning, Debates, Blogging, Legislative Bill Tracking

By now I’m sure you’re aware of how social media played a role in electing our new president and the online community is a buzz about the future of social media in government and politics. This week on Talk Social News, we explore the future of social media and politics as we talk with Thomas Cook, cofounder of Politics4All. Politics4All is a socially-networked platform that allows citizens, candidates, citizens, and groups to connect and collaborate on every level of the political spectrum. (from http://politics4all.com)

Take a listen as we discuss how President-Elect Barack Obama won the election using social media, the future of Change.gov and Politics4all.com, and what’s it’s like to be a TechCrunch50 demo company working on a business plan and raising capital. We also talked about the roll of citizen journalism reporting the news and the cool Politics4All t-shirts. For more about Politics4All you can read their blog or follow them on twitter at @Politics4All but first listen to the podcast.

The interview: Talk Social News Episode 13 – length 34:53 download or click to play:[audio:TalkSocialNews0013-Politics4All.mp3] Subscribe to podcast in iTunes:

Posted on November 9, 2008 - by Wayne Sutton

Presentation: The Video Revolution, proof why video will take over the social web.

The Video Revolution presentation on how sharing and streaming are changing America. via SlideShare user Griner.
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Posted on November 9, 2008 - by Wayne Sutton

Premium WordPress Themes Continue to Shine

If there has been any Web 2.0 company that has survived the 1st .dot com bubble it’s WordPress and with it’s recent purchases of intense debate comment platform and poll daddy, WordPress is on pace to not only survive the current bubble but may be one of the top 5 online social firms when it’s all said and done.

One continuing trend with WordPress is the quality of themes we have seen over the past few months and with a open theme community WordPress Premium themes seem to have taken over as the new cool and smart thing to do for theme developers.

Premium WordPress themes are great for not only WordPress but for anyone looking to launch a new website and looking for an easy content management system (CMS) as well.

Here’s a list of 7 Top Premium WordPress Themes via Digg. If you’re looking for a new look for your blog or looking to launch a new website, my suggestion is to install a self hosted version of WordPress, buy or find a free premium WordPress theme, customize it, start blogging or use it as a static page and you’re good to go.

Take a look a the themes and let me know which one is your favorite.

Posted on November 4, 2008 - by Wayne Sutton

Talk Social News Episode 12: Talking Whuffi with Tara Hunt aka Missrogue, twitter for voting & twitter for terrorists?, Linkedin, Opera, and Windows 7

This week on Talk Social News, we’re thrilled to feature our first female guest, Tara Hunt aka Missrogue. Tara is author, marketing expert, BarCamp Queen and blogs at http://www.horsepigcow.com. Check out the interview as we talk about her new book “The Whuffie Factor“, her thoughts on social media, what makes her tick and continue to grow in this social media space.

The interview: Talk Social News Episode 12 – length 56:12 download or click to play:[audio:TalkSocialNews0012Tarahunt.mp3] Subscribe to podcast in iTunes:

Other topic discussed this week are:
What the blog:
http://twittervotereport.com and http://videothevote.org