Archive for September 12th, 2008
Interesting angle on email advocacy from the Obama campaign — today they used a message to their list to drive voter registration via the Vote For Change site [note the tracking code embedded in the landing page URL], while also explicitly pushing supporters to help the note go viral. The registration angle fits into the campaign’s goal of expanding the base, both in terms of people and in terms of states, and it also comes as Obama’s on-the-ground staff are pushing toward the end of a registration drive that has already yielded millions of new voters this year.
The attempted viral angle isn’t subtle, since the subject line reads, “Forward this email.” With the conservative base apparently all fired up over Sarah Palin (for now at least), I suspect that every vote is looking more and more precious.
Update: Obama online ads are pushing voter registration as well.
– cpd
September 12th, 2008
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Update: Okay, back in business.
Oof, there is no joy at e.politics today — I just attempted to upgrade an innocent plugin, and BOOM! The site disappears. I’ve tracked down enough of the problem to restore the interior pages, but while I’m diagnosing why the site front page doesn’t want to show up, we’re gonna run with one of those nice default Wordpress themes for a bit. So things will look a little different for a few minutes (at least) — exciting times.
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September 12th, 2008
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Technology is a harsh mistress — heed my words.
It’s just an iPhone, they said. What could possibly go wrong? A great little pocket computer, and an always-on internet device, with a terrific user interface — it will surely change the way you live your life. Little did they know…
You see, the iPhone also contains a digital camera. Now, cameras can be used for all kinds of wonderful things: photos of pretty girls, and cute kids, and flowers and puppies, and…well, we’re getting into dangerous ground here. Because it was that camera that led me to certain ruin.
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September 12th, 2008
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