Comments on: Why Aren’t the Presidential Campaigns Using Widgets? http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Fri, 16 May 2008 02:20:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: STEW http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-198816 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:03:04 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-198816 "...Joe Biden is now the third best bet for the nomination. I'm hearing a lot of buzz about him from people who pay attention." - Chris Matthews, MSNBC (12/10/07) The Biden for President Campaign would like YOU to go to IOWA. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would allow you to see a caucus and presidential campaign first-hand in the earliest voting state. We need your help, so please join us as we strive to get Senator Biden elected the next PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Dates: Anytime between December 14, 2007 - January 4th, 2008 Accommodations: Provided by the campaign. (Contact for more details) Please join us for this INCREDIBLE opportunity. If you would like to find out more information, please e-mail our campaign: Becky McAndrews at Becky@joebiden.com or Josh Kagan at Joshua@joebiden.com with the subject line: IOWA. You may also call the campaign at (302) 574-2008! Thank you and we hope to see you out in IOWA! - The Biden for President Team “…Joe Biden is now the third best bet for the nomination. I’m hearing a lot of buzz about him from people who pay attention.”
- Chris Matthews, MSNBC (12/10/07)
The Biden for President Campaign would like YOU to go to IOWA. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would allow you to see a caucus and presidential campaign first-hand in the earliest voting state. We need your help, so please join us as we strive to get Senator Biden elected the next PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Dates: Anytime between December 14, 2007 - January 4th, 2008
Accommodations: Provided by the campaign. (Contact for more details)

Please join us for this INCREDIBLE opportunity. If you would like to find out more information, please e-mail our campaign: Becky McAndrews at Becky@joebiden.com or Josh Kagan at Joshua@joebiden.com with the subject line: IOWA. You may also call the campaign at (302) 574-2008!

Thank you and we hope to see you out in IOWA!
- The Biden for President Team

]]> by: david jakupca http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-105481 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:38:30 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-105481 I am a supporting webmaster for a local candidate for Mayor of Berea; http://www.dikmalott.com I also started a community site: www.bereabuzz.com I am a novice in widgets and related stuff but would appreciate any info on "widgets for dummies". Any actual direct suggestions relating to using widgets to raise funds and volunteers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the info to get me this far already Regards~ Dave I am a supporting webmaster for a local candidate for Mayor of Berea; http://www.dikmalott.com
I also started a community site: www.bereabuzz.com
I am a novice in widgets and related stuff but would appreciate any info on “widgets for dummies”.
Any actual direct suggestions relating to using widgets to raise funds and volunteers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the info to get me this far already
Regards~ Dave

]]> by: BlackListed http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-103081 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:43:48 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-103081 Mac users have mini programs called Widgets that run in the background of their system. There are an infinite number of widgets that have been developed to do everything from send text messages to monitor the weather, news and the stock markets. While I don't really use widgets that much, the cool thing about them is that you don't have to open a browser to access web enabled services. I could see a widget that let you chat with your circle of fellow volunteers and share a common calendar to be a useful widget for a campaign to distribute. Mac users have mini programs called Widgets that run in the background of their system. There are an infinite number of widgets that have been developed to do everything from send text messages to monitor the weather, news and the stock markets.

While I don’t really use widgets that much, the cool thing about them is that you don’t have to open a browser to access web enabled services.

I could see a widget that let you chat with your circle of fellow volunteers and share a common calendar to be a useful widget for a campaign to distribute.

]]> by: Maggie http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-102014 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:00:42 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-102014 i agree, widgets would be an invaluable asset to add substance to the social network aspect of the pres campaigns. also, i found this page on myspace myspace.com/ilovedesign123 that has some really great presidential smileys for social network pages... i agree, widgets would be an invaluable asset to add substance to the social network aspect of the pres campaigns. also, i found this page on myspace myspace.com/ilovedesign123 that has some really great presidential smileys for social network pages…

]]> by: NH http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-80266 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:55:06 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-80266 We are geeks and don't need the campaign to make us 'widgets'. We use pledgebank such as this successful one here: pledgebank.com/ronpaul1000 And can post our own links on our own sites that lead to the fundraising page on the candidate's site. We are geeks and don’t need the campaign to make us ‘widgets’.

We use pledgebank such as this successful one here:

pledgebank.com/ronpaul1000

And can post our own links on our own sites that lead to the fundraising page on the candidate’s site.

]]> by: Jared http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-76852 Sat, 26 May 2007 14:32:01 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-76852 I recently read your article about Political widgets. I didn't want to wait for the Political campaigns to make widgets to release them. So the widgetnest team started to <a href="http://widgetnest.net/get/candidates/" rel="nofollow">build our own</a>. Since we are working on this in our spare time we have not got all the current candidates done yet. I recently read your article about Political widgets. I didn’t want to wait for the Political campaigns to make widgets to release them. So the widgetnest team started to build our own. Since we are working on this in our spare time we have not got all the current candidates done yet.

]]> by: Widgets: A natural tool for political outreach? « Blog Campaigning http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73883 Thu, 17 May 2007 14:28:05 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73883 [...] Blog Campaigning A forum for information exchange about the effect of blogging in political campaigns &#171; I hear there’s something called&#160;“blogs…â€? Widgets: A natural tool for political&#160;outreach? May 17th, 2007 Colin Delany of e.politics asks a very interesting question: Why Aren&#8217;t the Presidential Campaigns Using Widgets? [...] […] Blog Campaigning A forum for information exchange about the effect of blogging in political campaigns « I hear there’s something called â€œblogs…â€? Widgets: A natural tool for political outreach? May 17th, 2007 Colin Delany of e.politics asks a very interesting question: Why Aren’t the Presidential Campaigns Using Widgets? […]

]]> by: Luigi Montanez http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73686 Thu, 17 May 2007 02:25:18 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73686 I couldn't agree with you more Colin. In fact, I was hopeful for widgets earlier this year before the silly season started: http://mydd.com/story/2007/1/8/113238/5247#51 In my view, widgets really are one area where politics can innovate in technology. Unlike for the 2004 cycle, I really feel like all the 2008 campaigns just aren't doing anything new. They're all copying off worn ideas and each other, and they're using technology that is recent, but not cutting edge. Being on YouTube in 2006 or MySpace in 2005 would have been cutting edge. Today it's just boring. Widgets, on the other hand, really fit the domain of online advocacy perfectly. They're about real substantive action, rather than about watching a video on YouTube or friending someone on MySpace. I couldn’t agree with you more Colin. In fact, I was hopeful for widgets earlier this year before the silly season started:

http://mydd.com/story/2007/1/8/113238/5247#51

In my view, widgets really are one area where politics can innovate in technology. Unlike for the 2004 cycle, I really feel like all the 2008 campaigns just aren’t doing anything new. They’re all copying off worn ideas and each other, and they’re using technology that is recent, but not cutting edge.

Being on YouTube in 2006 or MySpace in 2005 would have been cutting edge. Today it’s just boring.

Widgets, on the other hand, really fit the domain of online advocacy perfectly. They’re about real substantive action, rather than about watching a video on YouTube or friending someone on MySpace.

]]> by: Espen http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73671 Thu, 17 May 2007 00:55:14 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73671 Excellent post Colin. Thank you for sharing this with us. Excellent post Colin. Thank you for sharing this with us.

]]> by: delightfully dorky… » Blog Archive » Widgets http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73593 Wed, 16 May 2007 20:42:36 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/16/why-arent-the-presidential-campaigns-using-widgets/#comment-73593 [...] As an interesting tid-bid, I ran across this article asking why presidential canidates aren&#8217;t using widgets to build awareness, which I was very intrigued by. [...] […] As an interesting tid-bid, I ran across this article asking why presidential canidates aren’t using widgets to build awareness, which I was very intrigued by. […]

]]>