Today voters in 24 states are choosing their favorite presidential party candidates.  Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic Party and John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul for the Republican Party.  Many states have already decided who they have picked based on vote tallies. 

Throughout the voting process, Americans were Twittering what their voting experiences were like.  And as they were Twittering, their profile would appear in a bubble on the Google Super Tuesday Map.  Google has been playing an interesting role throughout the entire presidential process.  YouTube was used for asking questions at the various debates, including questions asked by a snowman.

Below is a screen shot of the Google Super Tuesday Map in action:

[Information Source: Official Google Blog]

I have to admit, I don’t often see myself reading Robert Scoble’s blog, Scobleizer. However, I admit that I read the man’s twitters. Why do I read his twitters? Because I believe that he is an influential person in tech. And I wouldn’t be able to read his twitters if he decided to follow me but I chose not to follow him.

So when I logged into Netvibes and I saw my Twitter subscriptions RSS feed saying that Scoble wrote on Twitter: “The real power of Twitter is in FOLLOWING, not being followed,” I just had to contemplate what that meant. And what I interepret that twitter by Scoble meant was that essentially information is power. And you have to seek it. It won’t come to you.

Thought provoking.

“I hate when I hop over to valleywag for a brief bit of guilty time-wasting and run into posts about me,” wrote Evan Williams on his latest Twitter message.

I just joined Twitter last week and I’m already addicted to letting the world know what the hell I’m up to. I believe what Williams is referring to is a follow-up of Valleywag’s post that refers to whether Twitter users will be receptive to the latest tips (or some speculate to be the placeholder for ads).

Charlie O’Donnell wrote that he received a message from Twitter saying Tip: Wow, you look *good.* “If successful (or if the users are silent) you would imagine that its only a matter of time before this becomes: Tip: Drink Jamba Juice,” continued O’Donnell.

Personally, I could care less whether Twitter places ads in mobile text messages. After all, we have the option to disable mobile notifications. And just like Google, the company has to make money the only way they know how. Look at the net worth of advertising companies out there. Seeing as how the advertising market is worth billions of dollars and is the reason why GOOGLE IS OVER $600 PER SHARE RIGHT NOW, take advantage.

[Note: Mo Kakwan of Blabberize insisted I create an account. I found a new time-waster, thanks a lot buddy! *thumbs up*]

On February 20, ODEO wrote on their blog that they were looking for a new home. ODEO was owned by Obvious.com, who are the same creators of Twitter. Since Obvious is focused on Twitter and that company is doing very well, letting go of ODEO was not a very hard decision.

ODEO was acquired by SonicMountain, a New York based startup company. TechCrunch reported that the price was not disclosed, but the amount is above $1 million in cash. The founder of ODEO and Obvious.com, Evan Williams will be working at SonicMountain as an advisor for 6 months.

ODEO has had a rocky past. The company previously raised $5 million in funding from Charles River Ventures and a few other angel investors. After that, Evan Williams didn’t like the idea of having investors, so they bought the company back. The amount that they paid back for the company is rumored to be above the $5 million. Sometimes you make decisions and can’t look back. Congratulations to Obvious.com and SonicMountain.

I Rate My Day! is a social network where users are encouraged to describe how they are feeling that day.  The company was founded by D2Soft Technologies.  D2Soft Technologies Inc. is based in Montreal, Canada.

This website is an instant blogging tool and serves the purpose of displaying feelings using visual representations:

I Rate My Day! is also Windows Vista widget compatible.  There is a world map that displays how people are feeling around the world on the website itself.  Here is what it looks like for today:

While there are alternatives to I Rate My Day! such as Twitter, Benjamin Bérubé is not worried.  Bérubé, founder of D2Soft Technologies believes that this is not bad news because it proves that the concept works.  Other reasons why both Twitter and I Rate My Day! have potential is because people are getting more connected through the Internet, traditional blogging may not be as fun as before, and because people want fast results.