In our ever globalizing world, news and information is available to those “connected” folks worldwide within seconds. This most recent presidential election proved that technology is what we rely on. And if one things for sure, those that know how to effectively utilize the mediums of technology that interconnect us all can rapidly spread information, gain support, and share information. President Obama realized the importance of social networking in America and around the world. Contrastingly Senator John McCain admittedly feared technology, and all political ideologies aside, it likely cost him the election.

Anyway, politics aside, here’s an interesting video I came across on Gizmodo today to the likes of Google’s realtime search index so enjoy. Both videos are worth watching, the embedded one here and the Google Geniuses on the TED website linked again [here].

Update: I guess I should tell you what this video is showing you. During Obama’s presidential inauguration, the nerds over at MIT were busy scouring the world wide interspace for all cal activity made, from all points of the world. It provides a very interesting perspective into the traffic AT&T trunk lines and backbone networks were experiencing leading up to and after the historic event. The engineering guru’s were kept busy around the world. Take note of the vast amount of traffic funneling in and out of Washington D.C. throughout the virtual timeline.

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