Just confirmed! I’m very excited to be speaking at the Organizing 2.0 conference, a “Training in Online Skills for Labor and Social Justice Activists,” held in NYC on Sunday, February 13th. Last year’s event was terrific, and...
New Online Politics 101 chapter Twitter is the newest significant weapon in the online politics arsenal: while it was a very limited arena as recently as the 2008 elections (Barack Obama had all of 50,000 followers by Election Day!), it’s...
From five entries to eight — that’s how much the Simple Rules section has changed as the Online Politics 101 rewrite has progressed. Here’s the (final?) new rule, added today, which takes its place along two other new colleagues:...
Hear that rustling and rumbling in the background? That’s the sound of thousands of activists, journalists, bloggers and advocacy groups getting ready to spin tonight’s State of the Union address as it happens, live and online. The...
As you might guess from the previous post, the Online Politics 101 rewrite is nearing its end. Whoo hoo! Twenty of the chapters are now updated and online, with two more to go: I still need to rewrite the section on social networks (Facebook, anyone...
New Online Politics 101 Chapter Whew, that was a long slog, wasn’t it? But after 20+ chapters, now YOU have the potential to be a master of online political communications, and if you’re lucky (and good), you might just get to spark...
As I’m wrapping the epic saga that is the Online Politics 101 rewrite, it’s been fascinating to note the changes we’ve seen over the past couple of years of internet activism and advocacy. One factor? The rise of entirely new...
Originally published January 15, 2007 In the political world, it’s easy to demonize the other side. Those bastards want to abolish the social safety net! Those freaks want to let men marry men! We often forget that, in most cases, the freaks...
Whew, this whole writing-on-the-side-while-you-have-a-new-day-job thing is a bit overwhelming, but the much-needed Online Politics 101 rewrite is moving along steadily. In the process, I’m also working on a piece that’ll look at the...
When people talk about the promise of social media, they often praise tools like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for their ability to connect people, to remove barriers, to let us tell our own stories unfiltered and unmediated — to show us as we...