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GlySpace is the perfect place to meet and interact with others who share a common interest in the application of the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in the fields of health, fitness, nutrition. Here are just some of the many possible uses of GlySpace:

• Low GI / Low GL Dieters - Join a support group for anything from weight-loss, diabetes, insulin resistance, or anything else you can think of — or even create your own! Discover new recipes. Learn from experts in the field. Support and be supported. Share your goals and help others reach theirs.
• Nutritionists and Dieticians - Create your own professional ’space’ to promote your ideas and services. Collaborate with colleagues. Interact with and support low GI / low GL dieters. Create a blog to publish and promote your interests. Build your own specialized communities.
• Personal Trainers and Fitness Professionals - Stay up to date on the latest uses of the glycemic index to achieve specific fitness goals. Bodybuilders, endurance athletes, and those interested in general health and weight-loss can all benefit from a diet specifically and individually tuned based on the Glycemic Index. Create your own professional ’space’ to promote your services. Collaborate with others in your field.
• Researchers and Academics - Discuss and debate the latest research in the field. Create your own professional ’space’ outlining research interests, published papers, comment and opinion, and blogs of interest. Create a blog to publish and promote your ideas. Build specialized communities of interest. Collaborate with colleagues.
• Product Manufacturers and Marketers - Create your own company ’space’ to promote your products. Build specialized communities of interest. Collaborate with others in your industry. Create a blog to publish and promote your ideas and articles, and interact with your customers.
• …and anyone else interested in the Glycemic Index

Technorati Profile

CTV news broadcast a segment a few weeks ago highlighting the ways politicians are turning to the Internet to reach constituents and build support. While it’s true that the web has been around for quite some time and politicians are no strangers to it, what is more interesting is the increasing use of “Web 2.0″ technologies such as video/podcasts (a la YouTube.com) and blogs. This has alot to do with a) the power of the newer web technologies to connect with people and facilitate community building, and b) the need to reach out to younger demographics who are technology savvy and insist on consuming media in a variety of different ways and formats.  The next time you think about posting a static brochure-like webpage, think again;  legions of young, white-earbud-wearing, vote-toting “iPod-ians” will be either unaware of or just plain not interested in your traditional-format message.

Highlights from the segment:

• The web is ideally oriented to getting your message out to the greatest number of people, with no cost
• URLs are easy to remember, and a simple way to for supporters to help spread your message
• Without any paper or material costs, you can get into people’s homes and more importantly, you reach the people who self-identify as being interested in your message
• Beyond personal websites, more and more politicians are using the new Internet technologies (blogs, videocasts) to get their message out
• The web is an effective way to communicate directly with people without going through the media. One advantage over broadcast media is that Web 2.0 technologies enable politicians to establish ongoing dialogue with their constituents and the community at large.

Click here to download and watch the full segment (Mpeg), or here (Quicktime).