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Quick Hits — February 17, 2009

February 17th, 2009

• Bipartisanship as a political weapon, and the Republican counter-”strategy.”
• The eternal role of the personal in politics.
• At Obama’s first prime-time press conference, a blogger gets a nod, while Biden’s Office Holds Stimulus Call with Progressive Bloggers.
• Winning panels for 2009 Politics Online Conference.
• Top Tweets from the GOP Tech Summit, plus The RNC Tech Summit — Some Thoughts and GOP Tech Revival Earns Some “Amens.”
• Facebook: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit, plus Facebook: all your content are belong to us. FOREVER! Protests ensue. In response, Zuckerberg On Who Owns User Data On Facebook: It’s Complicated.
• NBA Streams Live with Facebook, Obama To Appear?
• The secrets of Obama’s success.
• I Have a Blog Crush on the White House, via @veronicaeye.
• Five Ways the Pickens Plan is Using Social Networking to Build Public Support. C.f. Obama’s Not the Only One Who Gets Social Media.
• Gingrich Eager for a Twitter Review Course, while others are Following @dipnote: Hillary Clinton Steps Out.
• Rebuild the [Republican] Party: Hard [Social Media] Metrics for Campaigns and State Parties.
• Ocean.gov — A Modest Proposal.
• MoveOn v. Corporate CEOs, while MoveOn’s Eli Pariser-replacement answers critics online (via tPrez).
• Bev Godwin: A Great Appointment.
• Bloggers as Partisan Activists.
• The Michael Phelps [bong-hit] saga is a classic example of our addiction to feigned outrage. C.f. Whitehouse.gov does not mention the words “marijuana” or “drug policy.”
• Mining The Thought Stream.
• “In 2004, a giant flare from another soft-gamma-ray repeater was so intense it measurably affected Earth’s upper atmosphere from 50,000 light-years away.”
• Old News Brings Fresh Outrage: Reprints of 1930s Nazi Articles Rile German Censors.
• A case that threatens the right of Web sites to link freely.
• Government Web Sites Grapple with YouTube.
• How To Speak Obama: Zadie Smith’s two cents on how 44 mesmerizes.
• The evolutionary roots of Facebook’s “25 Things” craze.
• T-Shirt Hell Staying in Business After ‘Stimulus’ Stunt Pays Off.
• McCaskill Gets It (on Twitter): Authenticity Matters.
• [Emailed, Video] Response to Liberal Groups’ Ad Causes Uproar.
• The G.O.P.’s “Funny” Valentine E-cards.
• Organizing Nationally to Make a Difference Locally. C.f. Dear Facebook Friend, Have a Condom.
• What Was I Thinking? Porn-Star Boyfriend. See above.
• New administration Web sites appear to be “shovel ready.”
• Open It Up — How to Engage Your Base Behind the Scenes.
• Social media “expert” evaluations.
• Recession Obsession — What Does The Future Hold For Online Fundraising?
• Bloggers as Partisan Activists.
• Did blogs make American politics uglier? See the second and third pages (though the whole interview’s well worth reading).
• Top Five Web2.0 Applications that Conservatives Need.
• Pew: 11% of Americans Read or Post Status Updates. C.f. To desire Twitter is the root of suffering.
• Award Winning Social Media Strategies.
• House GOP Overhauls Web Presence.
• e-Politics — The Australian Experience.
• Maryland General Assembly Will Lift Facebook Ban, via TechRepublican.
• The secret of Twitter [success] revealed.
• The White House is Liveblogging.
• Latest Celebrity Rant: Conan Goes Off on Boron.

– cpd

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