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What would you do if you used to be the leader of your country and were no longer? Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammad, decided to raise public awareness of government issues and increase his popularity by creating his own blog, www.chedet.com. The issues that he discusses are informative yet opinionated and you can really hear the politician’s voice through his writing. Furthermore, he writes in both English and his native tongue in order to attract more viewers.

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In my years that I watched MTV I saw a rapid decline of music videos being aired on the network. I always remember when MTV was strictly about playing music videos. This was before the reality television era that we are currently having to live with. Well, we are in luck. MTV, like NBC’s hulu.com, is starting a website solely for music videos. The website is mtvmusic.com. They have some very cool ads like the one below. I think it is great for music video lovers because it allows for fans to see many of their favourite artists and their videos. Anytime you turn on MTV, you are likely to see some fake reality show. This website brings music back to MTV.

Google’s new G1 Android phone will go on sale today using the T-Mobile service. This phone is slated to compete with the top smart phones including Apple’s iPhone. Android is a type of managing and operating system that allows developers to create code in a Java like form. To learn more about Android, click here. It is exciting to see new and up-and-coming technology being used for mobile devices. It will be interesting to see if this phone will be able to compete with Apple and its iPhone. More information on Google’s G1 can be found here.  

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In a recent video made by Leonardo Dicaprio and others, celebrities are telling the youth to not vote, that is unless you care about the future of the country. I saw this the other day and thought it was interesting. It is also pretty hysterical seeing as many of the celebrities poke fun at voting. I enjoyed it. I hope you guys like it.

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Do you find yourself wondering whether it was a good idea to allocate 700 billion tax-payer dollars to save our economy? Thankfully, the folks at OverthinkingIt.com made a nice little video featuring Gotham City’s favorite vigilante to help clear things up. This is way better than watching the news…  ————————————————————————————————————————————–

Are you passionate about hip-hop and politics? If so, check out Hiptics.com, a student-run blog with entrepreneurial aspirations.

A junior at Denison University, Chris Franco created Hiptics in June of 2008 as an extension of his popular WDUB radio show, “From the Underground Up,” which featured his “favorite hip-hop music as well as hip-hop and political commentary.”  

Although Hiptics has only been around for a few months, Franco makes content a high priority by setting “high standards for posting.”

 …Did Lil Wayne miss his court date because of a dentist appointment? I could care less. What I do care about is the caliber of hip-hop music being released in the underground and mainstream, and how that music is impacting the world.”             

Along with album reviews, news and videos, Hiptics offers audiences socio-political editorials voicing the opinions of a once-deemed “silent” generation. Oh yeah, Franco’s blog also has an arsenal of intelligent writers and a small (but growing) list of affiliates. Adamant on “developing the Hiptics brand,” it looks like this Denisonian has been doing his homework.———————————————————————————————————————————— 

While reading the newest issue of Creativity Magazine, an article entitled “Refacing Facebook” caught my eye. In light of recent MySpace renovations, I guess Facebook finally decided to step its game up and make some changes to its popular social networking site. Unfortunately, the introduction of new tools like “Stalker” may prove to be the downfall of obsessive ex-boyfriends and girlfriends worldwide, who will soon be able to “stalk” any friend they wish with the click of a button. Gee, thanks Zuckerberg, now that creepy dude I talked to once in high school can see exactly where I’m going, how I’m doing and what I’m doing every second of the day. 

The digital restraining order Facebook plans on pairing with the new stalker tool is cute, but let’s hope it’s not a feeble attempt to cater to conflicted, on-again-off-again users like myself who think the “social networking” site went off the deep end long ago with the introduction of mini-feeds and the glorified buddy icons they pawn off as “gifts.” By the way, new limited edition gifts by companies like Burberry, Gucci and Prada will also be available for $5. Adios brand exclusivity.

A popularity index cataloguing friends and unique visitors to member profiles is the final feature that will be introduced to the hordes of insecure Facebookers who think people actually give a sh*t about how many people viewed their profile that day. Regardless of how much stalking members plan on doing on the site’s new interface, anyone who spends enough time “socializing” on Facebook can’t deny the site’s infinite marketing potential.