Quick Hits — November 25, 2009
A few stories to be thankful for:
- Where Obama is Losing Support. Turns out, crossover Republicans are souring on him, not independents.
- The Perils of Texting (oopsie!)
- Online Advertising In The U.S Begins To Stabilize.
- White House video team readies Thanksgiving turkey-pardoning spoof.
- Google’s Michelle Obama fail: The first lady gets an unflattering online makeover.
- Why reconciliation might not save the public option (or, bloggers attempt to run the Senate w/o understanding the rules).
- Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute . C.f. Climategate!, Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics, Explaining ClimateGate: A history of distrust and Browner Shrugs Off Hot Debate on Climate Change Emails.
- EPA tells workers to tone down YouTube clip about climate bill. C.f. Dark messages of climate change ads around the world.
- How Alan Rosenblatt saved the Daily Show.
- Let’s go on a friendly ChurchOuting! Oh, wait…
- BlogTalk: Taking Sides on Afghanistan.
- Mention Palin, get a traffic boost. C.f. DNC raised $11 million in October — and is raising more off Sarah Palin.
- Conspiracy website WND teams up with House Republicans at the Capitol. C.f. Socialized medicine intrudes on the march against Obamacare.
- Iraqi Government on YouTube.
- Russian policemen turn to YouTube.
- A Web of Lone Wolves: Fort Hood shows us that Internet jihad is not a myth.
- Obama Runs into the Great Blogger Wall of China.
- China proves to be an aggressive foe in cyberspace.
- 84,448 Fans and Counting. Lessons from a Heritage Foundation online campaign.
- Apocalypse Then: Was Y2K a Waste?
- Twitter: Time’s ‘Person’ of the Year?
- What’s the future of online advocacy?
- Idea – #FollowFriday for #HashTags > #HashTagTues.
- The dizzying ambition of Wolfram Alpha.
- At 15, Salon.com Tries Once Again to Reinvent Itself.
- Patrick Ruffini sees Cuomo Google Ads.
- No Energy Tax site misleading?
- Gene change in cannibals reveals evolution in action.
- Communicating with ‘A Woman’s Nation.’
- Stuff white people tweet.
- Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos.
- A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad.
- Sideswiped by scandal, trapped by the past. A blogger tries to reinvent.
- Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s Web site can’t make up its mind about the public option.
- Sudan Ads Target Obama’s Circle.
- GOP leads new media charge. Really?
- McDonnell Online Strategy: People Matter.
- Lewis 4 Labour: Reviewing a Welsh politico’s web presence.
- Examples of Bias in Conservapedia’s Examples of Bias in Wikipedia.
- Ten Reasons Why Using Twitter Will Boost Your Happiness.
- Points-Based Rewards Drive Donor Engagement.
- Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009. C.f. The Right Way to use Social Media for Fundraising: Wildlife Direct.
- Video: non-profits turning to social media during recession.
- Is This New YouTube Tool an Advocacy Dream?
- The Problem with Retweets.
- How Important are Bloggers to Online Campaigns?
- Weekends and Afternoons Show the Highest Twitter CTRs.
- Twitter is 80% “Meformers” and 20% Informers.
- Multi-Channel Fundraising: Strategies and Tools to Engage Donors through Integrated Campaigns.
- (A) Winning (Campaign) Widget.
- YouTube’s role in citizen journalism.
- Look familiar? Old campaign tool, new advocacy purpose. Repurposing an Obama peer-to-peer application.
- 10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don’t.
- The 9 Most Racist Disney Characters.
- Best Music Video Ever: The Muppets Do “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
- And finally: Man tied lizards to chest at airport (thanks Burt!).
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– cpd
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