The Post’s Jose Antonio Vargas is reporting on the Obama campaign’s election-day SMS strategy, clearly aimed at boosting voter turnout: Early this morning, Sen. Barack Obama sent the first of three text messages to supporters...
Maybe nobody else thinks this is interesting, but to me it’s fun to realize that as I write this, I’m mixing the oldest and newest widely adopted wireless communications media: radio and wifi. I’m a-sittin’ in my chair...
While we’re on the subject of social networking, here’s a quick Facebook tip: on a confence call today, Farra Trompeter mentioned that a she’d received Facebook message from a pro-Obama group she’s joined, asking her to...
If you’re looking for guidance on using MySpace for advocacy and/or politics, I just found a bunch of it: Heather Mansfield at Diosa communications has assembled 42 separate pieces of advice and is adding more every week. She’s clearly a...
Cross-posted on techPresident Interesting development in the Dems’ race for online dollars — in the past few days, the Clinton campaign has started advertising for donations on Washington Post online properties, specifically the Post.com...
The Democratic presidential contest finally landed in DC over the last couple of weeks, with the Clinton and Obama campaigns gunning for a share of the rich lode of Democratic voters in the diverse neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant and Adams Morgan...
At Thursday’s IPDI-sponsored Super Tuesday postmortem, John McCain consultant and former Bushie Mark McKinnon talked quite a bit about how the web has changed the the business of video advertising, particularly the explosion of online-only...
Mmm, mmm, do I love me a Super Tuesday party. Or two. Or three. How the web followed the Super Tuesday results. C.f. Twitter/Twittervision/Google Maps Super Tuesday Mashup and Internet political buzz super for democracy (note quote from e.politics...
IPDI’s hosting what promises to be an excellent event on Thursday; announcement below. And Politics Online is only a month away. More on that shortly. What Comes Next? Super Tuesday and the Road to the White House How has this primary session...
Cross-posted on techPresident Let’s take a quick look at the campaign sites today while we’re waiting for results (not as interesting as writing a haiku, but what the heck). First, check out the supporters on Barack Obama and Hillary...