Quick Hits — November 10, 2008
Back from post-election mental vacation, if not exactly willingly.
- Big-picture pieces: How Obama won and How He Did It, both via PoliticalWire.
- Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic. What a difference five years makes, if you use it right — Before He Was President, Mistaken for a Waiter: a 2003 Obama Meeting.
- ‘Netroots’ Candidate Concedes Wash. State Race, but Virgil Goode is gone. A quiet win for civility (and civilization) on November 4th.
- The National Mall Takeover: organizing online to conquer the Inauguration. Also, aiming to get One Million Volunteers by Inauguration.
- Obama Malware Hits Inboxes as Spammers Seize On Obama’s Moment and Obama and McCain Campaign Systems Were Hacked.
- Will Obama Do For Web What FDR Did For Radio?
- Breaking Down The Election Season, Minute-By-Minute. Cool idea: using audio fingerprinting to track which online video clips actually mattered in the campaign. C.f. Post-Election Google Searches.
- Old-School Social Media: The Art of the Yardsign.
- John and Cindy’s ‘Thank You’ Email.
- Obama’s election-night Flickr photos, via Micropersuasion. An example of Privacy in Public: Social Media.
- The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game. You better believe it. Also, What’s Next for My.BarackObama.com?
- Change.Gov is Up — Obama Shares Vision, Plans & Hopes, Wants to Hear Yours. But first, Obama Transition Web Site Hits a Glitch and some alternatives: On the Web, Change You Can Change Into. And, Change.gov and the Contradiction of the Postmodern Left Netroots.
- Obama Takes his Internet Strategy into The White House, via TechRepublican, and The Oval Office Facebook Group, via K Street Cafe.
- The Internet Should Kill 2012 Talk. The internet effect shatters all political crystal balls. C.f. 2008 Election Recount Part 1 — The Palin Effect. Hint: it involves online fundraising.
- Did Anyone Use the Obama iPhone Application?
- Obama’s Online Ad Spend Approached $8 Million.
- The Most Powerful List in American Politics.
- Eyes Right After Election. The fleeting nature of political victory. C.f. Republicans enter the wilderness.
- The Klan Chimes In on Obama. In this case, the chimes sound have the sound of heads exploding — cognitive matter has met its antimatter antithesis.
- Live-Blogging the Obama News Conference.
- Via email, Willie will save us all (a fact Texans know from birth). Bonus video — a Willie/Snoop Dogg duet.
- The Viral Preferences of Twitter Users.
- How Your Prospect’s Facebook Network is Stealing Real Estate Business.
- Measuring ROI in the Blogosphere: Harnessing an Unregulated Space, via K Street Cafe.
- Does (your web development) Platform Matter?
- Obama Caught Palling Around With Google CEO Schmidt, but what’s that sound in the distance? Bezos Buzzzzzz.
– cpd
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