Updated below. So now we know — Obama For America will relaunch as a political nonprofit. People had been speculating about the future of Obama’s grassroots juggernaut for months, particularly since the campaign started surveying its...
Here’s a new-ish development over at Facebook that should be handy for political advertisers — Fb is now identifying users who are “politically active” based on their interests and interactions. Even better, they’ve...
Our friends over at SalsaLabs have launched a new online advocacy how-to site called Advocacy Unleashed, which sounds a little like a bad movie sequel about a vengeful community organizer but is actually a very nice collection of articles about our...
Just a quick reminder: tonight’s panel discussion (“What’s on the Horizon for 2013?“) is at Affinity Lab, near the U Street Metro station is at 7 pm. I hope you can make it! They’ve opened up a few more spots...
Our friend Ben Donahower (last seen on Epolitics.com writing about online opposition research) published a nice overview of the Best and Worst of Campaign 2012 on Campaigns & Elections a couple of weeks back, which included observations from...
Riche Zamor is an old friend and someone always on the move — and today he’s here to talk about a new project that sounds like something plenty of you might be interested in helping out with: Social Media is Bullshit It’s a growing...
If you’re in the DC area on Tuesday, January 15th, head over to Affinity Lab for what promises to be an excellent conversation about technology, advocacy, nonprofits and developments in all of the above that may or may not happen in the next...
Welcome to Washington, 113th Congress! How’d you know that 13 is my lucky number? But a new Congress isn’t terribly lucky news for digital advocates, because for at least a few weeks, the newbies won’t be hearing from us...
Down in Texas for the holidays, I’ve been helping my father get started on Twitter, where he’s trying to spread the word about his project to package open-source machining and manufacturing tools and techniques for the developing world...
What’s an internet Christmas without cats, lasers and a glimpse of impending Apocalypse? Genius! Happy holidays! And if you’re already hiding from your kid’s new drum kit, check out yesterday’s Quick Hits (campaign 2012 and...