There’s a new campaign afoot to get technology into the hands of a key, but underserved community: Congress. Visit the “Your Senator Needs an iPod‿ site to read the story of Alaska’s 82-year old Senator Stevens who, after he was given an iPod by his daughter, had a greater understanding of the issues before him. The site’s founders are collecting money to buy iPods for the senators who work on legislation affecting technology:
Rather than wait for every Senator's daughter, we're taking matters into our own hands and buying a video iPod for the campaigns of Senators who work on legislation affecting technology. Plus, we're going to pre-load each one with examples of the cultural richness made possible by sharing and collaboration - public domain content, Creative Commons content, and audio messages about the importance of balanced copyright policy. It will be engraved with the words "listen to the people." And it will arrive at each Senator's campaign office with a letter of explanation and a list of all the people who helped pay for it.
Clever idea. I’ve often wondered how legislators keep up with the scores of issues they vote on and how deep that knowledge actually is. Well maybe I don’t want to know. This puts me in mind of the interview with Peter Quinn, the ex-CIO of Massachusetts, on the importance of technology decisions being made by the right people for the right reasons.
How plugged in are you? Is IT your career, vocation or addiction?
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