San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom formally declared his 2010 campaign for
California governor Tuesday with a tech-savvy approach - simultaneous
announcements on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube - and a message of "generational" change aimed at the influential young "millennial" voters who helped elect President Obama.
I don't want to comment on Newsom's prospects now. But, spare me the puffery about his "tech savvy" approach. Making announcements via Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube is not "tech savvy" - did Newsom set up his accounts on these services? Maybe, but it's not hard - it's media savvy. Media savvy politicos are a dime a dozen, and that's what Newsom is. There's no disgrace in that, but the idea that he has some special "tech" insight is at odds with reality. Newsom has been a restauranter and politician. Those are his areas of expertise. He has never exhibited any special insights about "tech" beyond making use of services created by others. Why do I feel like we are never going to stop hearing about this supposed "tech savvy" as a major selling point?
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