I’m really concerned about the extent to which John McCain has checked out of the technological era and so spent this week’s Capital Commentary talking about it:

There was a time back in 2000 during his maverick, Straight Talk Express-debuting run for the White House when John McCain was the master of online technology. It was, after all, his surprisingly strong online fundraising haul that allowed him to stay competitive after a strong showing in the New Hampshire primary. The Web back then was a different place. In the parlance of the Internet, it was Web 1.0óbrochure-like Web sites focused mostly on e-commerce with little to no interactivity. It was a one-way medium.

Over the last eight years, thereís been an explosion of innovation online as the Web moved into what is now known as Web 2.0óhighly interactive and engaging Web sites characterized by information sharing and collaboration on projects, as well as sites like Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, YouTube, Flickr, and Digg that allow users to network, create content, and build communities. John McCain seems to have missed this movementóan oversight that may have profound implications both for his campaign and the entire nation if he is to become president.

You can read the whole thing here. This has been an issue I’ve been following since last fall (here’s my Washington Post op-ed on the subject) and that I explore in much greater depth in “The First Campaign.”