Memeorandum is actually two separate communities that don’t overlap. I follow the tech one religiously, but rarely check in on the political/current events one unless there’s some news that I want to see what bloggers are saying.

Today is one of those times. Turns out the NSA was spying on Americans. Some say illegally. Anyway, it’s gotten the political bloggers up in arms. Check out how many links are there!

I wish I had a Memeorandum alarm. Let me know when more than 20 bloggers have linked to something and email me.

Download videos for your portable video device with just a single click. I’ve been using Blinkx.tv for a few hours now and there’s a ton of cool stuff there. Gary Price over on Search Engine Watch has the details.

I love their “rollover video menu.” Visit the home page of Blinkx.tv and you get a Flash app that you can roll over and see previews of the latest videos on their service.

Ask “is Xbox 360 a Web 2.0 product?”

Seriously. And there are some good points both pro and con. Think about it. It uses the Internet. It has a new microtransactional based business model. Has a social model where large numbers of people interact with the Web. Has a new architectural model based around rich content types, content discovery, and personalization, and has a new technical model using low/no cost maintenance, simple programming languages, and new delivery mechanisms, particularly around RSS.

But, then, some folks think Web 2.0 doesn’t exist, or worse, that there are traitors in our midst (funny).

Seriously, what do we call the “post dotbomb” Web? Basically that’s what we’re talking about here.

I don’t really care what it’s called, but Web 2.0 is starting to grow on me cause it only takes seven characters to type.

Anyway, looks like Web 2.0 is the argument of the day on memeorandum. Yes, we are a bunch of geeks who don’t have much new to talk about because all the PR folks in the industry are on vacation. Or so it seems. 😉