Quick Hits — June 2, 2009
- Update: As Obama’s speech looms, “Security agencies in Egypt ‘do not know what to do with connectivity’ — the ability of bloggers, Twitterers and Facebook users to share information and quickly assemble a crowd.”
- Update: Startup Green Energy Tech Installs First Small-Wind Concentrators. The promise of distributed power-generation blows me away…
- NJ GOV [election], Tweet By Tweet.
- White House Won’t Tweet Cairo Speech.
- China Censors: The Tiananmen Square Anniversary Will Not Be Tweeted, plus Iran Blocks Facebook, Outlet for Opposition.
- “The Government Moving at Internet Speed.” C.f. White House 2.0: It’s All Fun and Games Until Somebody Becomes President.
- Tiller remembered at D.C. vigil. Organized online by friend-of-e.politics and getter-of-things-done Tanya Tarr.
- How the Pickens Plan Recruited 1.5 Million Volunteers in Nine Months.
- Defining Sonia Sotomayor.
- RNC slams Obama over GM bankruptcy (via YouTube). But no amount of online video will save you if your message sucks.
- The Asimov story in which a mother invents Twitter.
- Social Networks Eclipse E-Mail. Hmmmm, let’s keep an eye on this one, as well as another: Could Google Wave Redefine Email and Web Communication?
- Bill O’Reilly doesn’t understand blogs. On the practice of “nutpicking.”
- Three (DC) Area TV Stations Form Local News Service. Look for more similar arrangements in the future as big regional papers pull back/disappear.
- Defense Dept., Industry Join to Protect Data, as Obama Says Hackers Got Into Campaign Computer Systems. But, Fake web traffic can hide secret chat.
- Kate Kaye’s Campaign ’08 Book Fills In The Blanks for Me On What Happened.
- The City Of San Francisco Now Lets You Submit Complaints Via Twitter, as the Transportation Safety Board Begins Posting All Accident Reports.
- Payoff Over a Web Sensation Is Elusive. Via A Loyal Reader (thanks Pops!).
- Irish candidate eschews real world for online campaigning (your mileage may vary).
- A Facebook profile can reveal the real you.
- China Mobile in strategic partnership with Huizhou gov’t. Multiply times thousands…
- Report from an online advocacy campaign to remove tariffs on books in the Phillipines.
- The Myth Of The Myths Of Social Media Marketing. C.f. The ROI of Social Media.
- Tories rule online.
- Why Haven’t Conservatives Built Their Own ActBlue Around Twitter?
- The Next Frontier: Decoding the Internet’s Raw Data.
- The Trauma of 9/11 Is No Excuse. A brief departure from our normal fare. C.f. David Frum: Lies about me, and the lying liars who tell them.
- The Robert Wone Killing Remains ‘a Head-Scratcher’: Alleging Coverup by Housemates, D.C. Police Probe Theory of Bizarre Attack in Dupont Circle House. THIS is how to tell a story (and what a story to tell).
- A Netroots role in a Democratic challenge to Specter?
- In Defense of Splash Pages.
- Google’s Top Policy Executive to Join Obama Administration, as RNC and Bush Campaign Vet Joins Connell Donatelli as CEO.
- Netflix Queue: Twitter as a Weapon.
- Red Cross wins 26% of $3 million pie; Target adds nearly 100,000 new Facebook fans.
- Is Twitter for Old Folks? And other gems from TWTRCO.
- AIDS.gov — another public service blog that gets stuff done. C.f. The U.S. Government comes to YouTube.
- Search Engine Optimization: Evolution, Trends, and the Future.
- The 4 Must-Haves of a Successful Web site Redesign.
- Social Media Listening Tools.
- Social Media & Politics.
- Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash!
- Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It.
- Lessons from a Webby-Winning Web Site.
- How to Share Your Results with Donors.
- Beware Google: Microsoft’s new search engine isn’t half-bad.
- Social change takes more than social media.
- And now for something completely different: Barack Obama’s Facebook Feed (a must-read).
- Pleasure Yourself. As you command, my dear…
- Craigslist’s Forced Censorship of Erotic Ads Saves Journalism Industry. Now THAT’S an unintended consequence!
– cpd
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