President-elect of Chile (and South America’s “other” woman President) Michelle Bachelet has a blog. Its stated intention is to “communicate the strategic proposals of the government of Michelle Bachelet around Information and Communications technologies and to open up a space for public debate where everyone can share their views and opinions on the digital future of Chile.” The blog’s tag line is “cuatro años para digitalizar Chile” (“four years to a digital Chile”).

Which makes me wonder – do any members of the Trinidad & Tobago government keep a blog? (I’m pretty sure not). Does Patrick Manning, the country’s prime minister, even know what a blog is?

According to Trinidad & Tobago’s National ICT strategy, outlined in 2003, we’re supposed to be “knowledge-based” by 2008. . . .