Database Tools, Congress and Web 2.0 oh my!

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Everyday I come into the office and look at different methodologies of how database design is best achieved by database professionals. I truly never realized how many different pieces would go into data modeling and database optimization. Now of course this industry has been around a long time and part of my world is to add a new Web 2.0 spin on the whole mix of developers and database tools.

What I found really cool was that my thinking has not been to far off because even Congress is getting into the mix of the social meida world. Hearing that the Digg crowd is set to hurl questions at a Congressional Republican, one’s first thoughts are “ruhroh” and “what was John Boehner thinking?” Even a hurried look at what gets dugg suggests a decidedly liberal stance among a crowd not known to hold back.

Looks can be deceiving, though. This same crowd was made up of rabid Ron Paul fans. Liber-tarian might be a better blanket than liber-al.

The “Digg Dialogg,” delivered to a politician via CNN isn’t a new thing. Previously, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Al Gore have faced the cream of the Digg crowd wisdom.

On Friday, it’s Republican House Leader John Boehner, who may just have to explain, again, just why marijuana is illegal. Other top questions ask how the Republican party can get its old small-government-low-taxes groove back, if the House Leader will be uniter or a divider, and the location of a mortgage owner bailout.

Well, those should be fun for him. Maybe “what were you thinking agreeing to this?” is a decent question after all.

Digg’s top question for Boehner mirror the top question the Internet asked of the pre-inaugural Obama administration via Change.gov. President Obama was not shy about telling them pot would not be legalized under his watch.The live Boehner interview will air tomorrow on CNN.

Excerpts from From Jason Miller (WebProNews)