Quick Hits — December 21, 2008
Home for the holidays? Here’s some light reading to distract you from your “beloved” kinfolk.
- The Revolution of the Online Commentariat. Will bloggers eventually dominate the campaign power structure? Hmmmm, let’s hear a skeptical take.
- Obama’s e-mails raise cash, concerns — I wanted Change, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.
- The Huffington Post Slammed for Content Theft, via @Katrinskaya.
- Pentagon May Have Mixed Propaganda With PR.
- How would the Watergate investigation have unfolded in an internet world?
- Bush E-Mails May Be Secret a Bit Longer.
- Clean Coal Carolers Get ‘Bah Humbug!’ Response. C.f. Pigs can fly and “clean coal” sings.
- The auto bailout bill and campaign contributions — mapping the connections. Also check out this Krugman piece for a behind-the-scenes Republican email on the bailout vote.
- Batgirl v. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
- YouTube Gets a Facelift.
- Vote 4 me: 60 million cell users get spammed as (Indian) politicos go tech savvy, via PoliticsOnline.
- Bogus Trend of the Week: Teens and Bombs.
- MIT students build mobile applications in 13 weeks.
- Australia rallies to “Stop the Clean Feed”. C.f. The great porn war.
- Adapting your website for a mobile age.
- Alliance Tells Obama: Put Public Interest First in Picks for FCC, CTO.
- Only 16% of Students Read Marketing Email (mainly because it sucks, not because they don’t use email). Also, Demographic, App Usage Tools Go Live for Facebook.
- How to be a Twitter all-star.
- Gadgets that make you look like a jerk. Worth it for the intro photo alone (via Chris Cosart).
- Obama’s Road To White House Was Paved With Emails, while the ‘net helped McCain more than most realize (via PoliticsOnline).
- Subtle Internet Ads Send Targeted Political Messages — starring friends-of-e.politics Michael Bassik and Cyrus Krohn. C.f. The GOP’s Cyrus Krohn Has His Sites Set On Updating the Party’s Internet Connection.
- Could YOU be the Fundraiser of the Year?
- Salvation Army Benefits From Holiday-Themed iPhone Application.
- SocNet Ads Less Effective than Others. Meanwhile, Hasbro Drops Suit Against Scrabulous Developers
- Online Jihadists’ Plan for ‘Invading Facebook’ How many points is “fatwa” worth?
- How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What’s Your Brilliant Thought?
- Twitter Account Tracks Media’s Erratic Employment Pulse.
- The economics of moving from print to online: lose one hundred, get back eight, via @timoreilly.
- A Few Good E-Mail Discussion List Tools, plus A Few Good Donor Management Tools.
- How To Blog. Step one: begin typing. Step two: think.
- Media Matters on Sean Hannity: 2008 Misinformer of the Year. Hannity responds with a Left-Wing Obamamania Media Propaganda Sleaze Award.
- Romantic Comedies Can Ruin Your Life, a stern warning from Burt Edwards.
- Fertile women more open to corny chat-up lines. Hey baby, nice ovaries!
- Mobile Texting Plays Leading Role in Love, Dating 2.0. Keep your thumbs to yourself, buddy.
– cpd
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