Friday, January 12th, 2007...7:02 am
The “DoddPod”
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd announced his candidacy for president earlier this week. He already has a website up. I know that all of you are anxious to sign up for his campaign.
Interestingly, Dodd’s page boasts of links to Flikr, MySpace, FaceBook and YouTube (what, no Tribe.net?). We’ll probably see more of this from the other candidates since this seems to be the lazy man’s way to get to Generation Y voters. No one loves us Gen Xers any more.
Another interesting thing on the page is the “DoddPod.” It is a list of songs that Dodd has on his iPod and you can suggest songs. I suppose this is one way to show that Dodd is wired and hip, but does anyone under the age of fifty listen to Jackson Browne?
(And I bet most of those fans, under fifty or no, spell Mr. Browne’s name correctly.)
There is a way for us visitors from the internet to suggest songs for his iPod. It is a good way to capture data for a e-mail list, but man, that is just asking for trouble. I mean, how many of you when you saw that feature were trying to figure out an offensive band name or song name to send him?
You know that every second-rate indie band will send their songs in hopes of some modicum of recognition. It’ll work out well, Dodd hasn’t heard of them, and they haven’t heard of Dodd.
If any of you post anything on the DoddPod, tell us about it here.
5 Comments
January 12th, 2007 at 9:00 am
I told him he needed some heavy Metal.
I suggested Twisted Sister’s “We’re not gonna take it”
I suspect the message behind my suggestion will be lost on a Washington Insider
January 12th, 2007 at 9:47 am
I said he should listen to See How We Are by X.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I see we share the Bobby Darin love. (I’m 36, btw, but very retro.)
January 12th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Good choice Rob. Hey Ted, you know, a lot of those websites were built by gen-Xers. Flickr is one of the best photo tools out there. It is nice to see folks using more than just blogs.
January 16th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Another Senator…running…. for President.
Hit the snooze alarm.
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