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Quick Hits — July 29, 2010

July 29th, 2010

• Update: Shirley Sherrod To Sue Blogger Andrew Breitbart Over Doctored Video.
• Update: The American Auto Industry: A Comeback Story, told with a map.
• Update: Rules of enragement: the filibuster and Senate reform (Grist creates an information center).
• Update: How to Plan Your Website Redesign.
• AOL Advertising Launches Politics Hub, via Brad Terrell. C.f. As November Elections Draw Near, AOL Launches Ad Hub For Politics and the hub itself.
• P Street Project to lobby for progressives’ agenda. More on this soon.
• Russian Cop Turns YouTube on Corruption.
• Introducing Google Apps for Government. C.f. Google Apps Adds Government Edition, and Google Launches ‘Apps For Government’, With Servers On US Soil.
• Journalism killed by liberal bloggers, Politico declares. C.f. Is YouTube killing political documentaries?, and Survey: How the Internet is Affecting Traditional Journalism
• War spending in the time of WikiLeaks, and Interactive chart: What the WikiLeaks data reveal about civilian and enemy casualties of war.
• Meg Whitman Rolls Out Poll-Slash-Ad on Facebook.
• Facebook Goes Back to the Hill.
• Google Develops a Facebook Rival, via Politico’s Morning Tech (YMMV).
• 2010 likely to bring more negative campaign ads than ever, analyst says, as Democrats Confirm More House Seats in Play and Make $28 Million TV Buy. For reference, The worst attack ads of all time and 10 Best “Worst” Infomercials on YouTube
• Tea Party embraces billboards for anti-Obama message delivery.
• Where the Small Money Goes, 2010 Edition.
• Alvin Greene’s ‘On the Scene’ Debuts.
• #CitizenGulf – Unfolding a Social Media Strategy.
• Hail to the HealthCare.gov Demo.
• Elizabeth Warren: Credit Blogger.
• Dave Weigel joins Slate.
• IAB Steps Up Donations to Key Lawmakers.
• Old Spice Sales Double With YouTube Campaign.
• USAID Promotes US International Relief Efforts on Facebook.
• In Colombia, One Laptop Per Child is “The Most Wonderful Tool They Could Possibly Have”, as India Develops World’s Cheapest Tablet.
• How Young Latinos Communicate with Friends in the Digital Age.
• How ActBlue Helps Save History. Fast fundraising for change in The Great State Of Texas.
• BusinessWeek sez, Bachmann an “Internet Rock Star”.
• What Happened in Vegas: My Second Netroots Nation, and Obama to Netroots Nation: ‘Let’s Finish What We’ve Started’.
• The Time for Foursquare Marketing Is… Later? Plus, Foursquare: No Search Data Partnerships Planned.
• Highlight your foursquare venue on your company’s website or Facebook page with PlaceWidget, via Matt DeLuca.
• New gov’t rules allow unapproved iPhone apps.
• Democrats Unveil GOP’s “Contract on America”, including a circa-1996 web page. That’s okay, the Republican November Starts Now isn’t ready either.
• VoteIQ Launches in Beta, and WeGov.Com Pushes Net Activism In New Direction.
• Why You Can’t Think About Social Media In A Vacuum. In space, no one can hear you network.
• 2010 Overachiever’s Guide to Year-End Fundraising.
• MySpace and Facebook: How Racist Language Frames Social Media (and Why You Should Care).
• Wanted: Hyper Local Disruption.
• Flawed Traffic Stats Impede Hulu’s Growth. C.f. Hulu’s sharp decline in viewership underscores inconsistency in measuring size of online audience .
• Minerals Management Service’s Replacement Still Has No Web Site.
• Optimizing Your Site for Social Media Visitors.
• As Ford Shows Off New Explorer to Facebook Fans with Full Day Of Content, let’s look at How to Increase the Quality of Your Facebook Fans, 10 Ways to Grow Your Facebook Page Following, 5 Tips To Get More Views On YouTube By Communicating With Viewers and The 8 Success Criteria For Facebook Page Marketing. C.f. Facebook Introduces Page to Demonstrate Best Practices for Media Companies and Facebook’s tips for journalists and publishers
• No Sleep Till Brooklyn…Gives to OFA, An Obama Birthday Appeal from OFA, and Rethinking Advocacy Email.
• Keep Your Online Supporters Happy, plus Wooing Your Legislators.
• CiviCRM v Hosted CRMs: Why hosted CRMs are better suited for campaigns.
• Beekeeper Group Accepts DHS Cybersecurity Awareness Challenge Award at White House Event.
• Anti-Obama Filmmaker Alex Jones Cries YouTube Censorship.
• e-Cards v. VA GOP.
• Fake Obama Security Alert Continues To Spread On Facebook.
• RNC Books Breitbart for Fundraiser.
• iPhone Game Company Takes a Holiday to Play “StarCraft II”.
• Thanksgiving Is Going to Be Awkward for the Mantooth Family. Let’s run an attack site against Dad!
• “We’re busy tearing down the free market, please leave a message.”.
• And finally, Snooki Facebook Game Coming Soon With Rest Of “Jersey Shore”.

– cpd