I, like millions of others, watched the Biden/Palin debate tonight.
I come away from it learning lots of things, most of which I will share with you now:
1) Knowing that your Tweets will make it to television still doesn't stop people from mentioning that they're waiting for their pizza delivery.
2) Facebook's status/comment threading is the new FriendFeed.
3) Even though Current was cool for saying "hash tags" they were uncool for doing a Max Headroom-style Biden/Palin megamix video.
4) For the second consecutive debate, the Obama/Biden ticket mentioned the internet (Obama: 'broadband', Biden: 'joebiden.com'), and the McCain/Palin ticket did not.
5) Tweeters lean left.
6) It took less than an hour from the beginning of the debate for footage to show up on YouTube.
7) My personal twitterstream (read: others' tweets) was higher in volume following the debate than during it.
8) CurrentTV's debate coverage featuring tweets innovative, entertaining, but aesthetically a bit annoying. Whey the crazy word-flying dissolve?
9) Not every tweet made the Current debate coverage. Mine didn't, but @MTLB and @Mikearauz's did. Kudos for being part of history, guys.
10) Facebook's status/comment threading is not only the new FriendFeed, it will be one of Facebook's most popular features -- if not THE most popular feature -- within weeks. It's the new newsfeed, and marketers will shift strategy to influence those status updates. This is especially true now that they can actually facilitate conversations. Because of the redesign, applications are somewhat less effective at affecting the newsfeed...
BONUS) CNN's use of Microsoft Surface on TV is pretty darn cool.
