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Quick Hits — March 22, 2007

March 22nd, 2007

I’ve-been-out-sick, gotta-catch-up-fast, quick-hits-on-steroids edition (no drug-testing in the blog world, thank god.)

The guy behind the Hillary Clinton/1984 parody ad, initially anonymous, is outed as a Blue State Digital employee (oops), is fired because of the fallout, and defends himself to the world. Does he have a past as a dirty trickster?
Hillary courts the blogs; gets snubbed. Perhaps she can try citizen-generated media to compensate…on second thought, maybe not.
Getting in on the ‘Mobile’ Internet. Nice intro from venerable how-to site Webreference.
The Post covers online politics: Online Firms Boot Up for Political Campaigns, but Candidates Try Web Video, And the Reviews Are Mixed (maybe video’s better when some random guy does it?).
What [He] Learned At The Blogger Ethics Panel. Blogger ethics — oxymoron or dangerous trend?
Fired Attorney Documents Crowdsourced. The collective “intelligence” of the Interweb goes to work. Via DIA.
Online Sympathy ahead of Edwards Announcement, proving that the ‘net CAN actually be sincere (on rare occasions).
MySpace Seeks to Make An “Impact”, Launches New Political Channel. In the process, MySpace sends me into anaphylactic shock by using the word “impact” to refer to something other than a physical collision (”Nurse, get me 20 cc’s of epenephrine, stat! Can’t you see that this man’s dangerously allergic to bureaucratic-speak?”).
Politics Online Conference highlights and analysis from the Bivings Report, as Jeff Jarvis reports from the conference’s web team discussion.
How Google Blog Search Ranks Results. Ethically, one hopes. Via Micropersuasion.
Two ReelPopBlog finds: Ask a Republican (”We never got the opportunity to serve [in the military], but many of the sons of our housekeepers do…”). And, all bow before the King! Ron Jeremy to host new tech vlog at Heavy.com.
What I’ve learned about donor management. A Ha-Hoa Dang suggestion^TM.
Will the Right Develop a Netroots Equivalent? “Since the beginning, conservative blogging has been marked more by punditry than activism…and most are content to keep on doing just that.”
Online game to look at something not-so-funny: “World Without Oil is the first major project to invite the Internet’s staggering collective intelligence and imagination to address a real world problem: a realistic global oil shock.” A tip from my NET colleague Monica Walters.
GoogTube Buying Ads on Political Names. “Try outbidding Google for your own brand name…”
Vogue’s Anna Wintour hates the word “blog” (and I don’t blame her — while we’re at it, how about using “writer” instead of “blogger?”).
The best places to find video art online. The art-criticism intro is a bit long, but the resources are good if you’re interested in this sort of thing.
A video I’m glad is satire (or is it?). Waterboarding advice, suggested by Jeff Swanson. Now THIS is video art!