I know, it has been over a month since my last gem of advice and it's not even the holiday season. Shameful. I've been busy but I think I could have found a spare twenty minutes to be writing a blog. Blogging though is one of those things that if you leave it for too long the whole concept morphs into an irritating niggle at the back of your mind which is far easier to ignore than to face. Perhaps that's how our local politicians are feeling about it.
Recently I've come across a number of indivuals who play a big part in our island politics and although they talk about starting their own blog very few of them if any are willing to share their insights online. I don't understand it, what are they so afraid of?
The web has become a participation-orientated medium - one where presidential hopefuls can win votes through youtube and social networking sites such as meetup.com. In America, Barack Obama, the new US presidential hopeful, is recruiting supporters via facebook - another social networking site. The site is popular with students who may otherwise not be interested in voting.
Yes it's true that sometimes the web can work against you - providing you're doing something wrong in the first place. But if not then at least you can fight your own corner. I think it's about time the States members took matters into their own hands and started participating with their islanders online. It takes less than 5 minutes to set up a blog, you may even learn something - it's really not such a scary prospect is it?
