Merc Strategy Group, LLC » Conan O’Brien http://www.mercstrategy.com Where Technology Meets Strategy Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:15:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 John McCain: Tech Illiterate No More? http://www.mercstrategy.com/2009/09/john-mccain-tech-illiterate-no-more/ http://www.mercstrategy.com/2009/09/john-mccain-tech-illiterate-no-more/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:22:47 +0000 Curt Mercadante http://www.mercstrategy.com/?p=622 During last year’s presidential campaign, then-presidential candidate John McCain was roundly criticized for his lack of technological prowess.  As you can see from this story, he even professed in an interview that he was technologically “illiterate” — and even admitted that he didn’t use email or a Blackberry.

But that was then.  Now, McCain is a Twitterholic.  He’s got more than 1.3 million followers on Twitter — and even did a Twitter-only interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos last March.

In his recent interview on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (below), he discusses his Twitter exploits and the vital role that Twitter played in the recent Iranian election protests:

]]> http://www.mercstrategy.com/2009/09/john-mccain-tech-illiterate-no-more/feed/ 0 Friday Funnies: Conan’s Twitter Tracker http://www.mercstrategy.com/2009/06/friday-funnies-conans-twitter-tracker/ http://www.mercstrategy.com/2009/06/friday-funnies-conans-twitter-tracker/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:23:17 +0000 Curt Mercadante http://www.mercstrategy.com/?p=346 Last night, Conan featured the latest edition of his hilarious “Twitter Tracker” segment:

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