Broadband for America Co-Chair Michael Powell Schools Me on iPhone Apps
by Angela
You might have discovered yesterday morning that Michael Powell has been named co-chair along with Harold Ford, Jr. for Broadband for America. We had the chance to interview Michael, just prior to the release of that news and let me say, he was unbelievably cool. Now, I am no political junkie but I do try to stay up-to-date on general news (with technology news holding most of my interest) and I’ll admit I knew of him…but not about him. The great thing about interviews is you get to find out about people, sometimes they are just like you, sometimes they aren’t. Michael was just like me…geek at heart. He gave us a great interview on his thoughts about a National Broadband Plan and Net Neutrality:
He then schooled me on some great tech, like putting me on to the Christmas List iPhone app that helps manage Christmas lists:
He and Markus also discovered they were both Apple Fanboys 
Outside of the usual geek conversation we had I was impressed at how genuine he was and even more impressed that Broadband for America brought him on as an Honorary Co-Chair. I am definitely looking forward to seeing his influence and knowledge manifest into this organization. On a related side note I do think it is important for all of use to get involved in the various discussions around Broadband adoption, Net Neutrality, and the National Broadband plan (regardless of one’s stance). There is way too much confusion surrounding these topics, too much chatter, and frankly too many people who are scared of the issue or simply can’t read through all the politics. These topics are way too important to avoid (or argue un-intelligently about) since most of us here on this site are content creators in some way, shape, or form or businesses. It is important for us to know what will and won’t affect us.
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Indo says:
Nice interview. Not sure how the concept of net neutrality makes software developers feel like second class citizens though (just didn't follow that). I like how he talked about our expectations of privacy changing in just one generation. I would've liked to hear more details of how he feels social networking apps are responsible for the current president being in office. Not that I don't agree, necessarily, but that's just one of those things that is catchy to say, but when you actually get down to the details it might not hold true.
All in all, very interesting stuff, but highly esoteric and definitely not easy to follow. But as you stated, it's something we all need to learn more about.
Angela Benton says:
Thanks for the comment Indo!
I was referring to application developers and content producers being second class citizens because of the argument that network providers want to route consumers to websites that the network prefer. So someone on a certain network may not be able to search Google and may have to search the network providers search engine. Another example would be that websites that aren't popular or aren't in similar interest of the network provider may load slower or be blocked all together. Of course there are many sides to every argument as I am discovering. I totally agree this stuff should be much easier to follow since it will affect so many of us.
Angela Benton says:
Thanks for the comment Indo!
I was referring to application developers and content producers being second class citizens because of the argument that network providers want to route consumers to websites that the network prefer. So someone on a certain network may not be able to search Google and may have to search the network providers search engine. Another example would be that websites that aren't popular or aren't in similar interest of the network provider may load slower or be blocked all together. Of course there are many sides to every argument as I am discovering. I totally agree this stuff should be much easier to follow since it will affect so many of us.