Here’s one of the more interesting applications that’s come across the e.politics desktop this week — a company called AktNow.com is promoting technology that allows people to donate their Facebook status and Twitter feed to a...
According to a recent piece on PBS’s MediaShift blog, the answer is simplicity and the ability to inspire action. I agree — which is good, because I’m quoted extensively in the article, along with Joe Rospars (a guy who REALLY...
Just askin’.
– cpd
Hey kids, check those details before you post that web video! Lisa Murkowski’s staff apparently didn’t, and they misspelled HER OWN NAME in the original version of the ad below: Yep, the ad listed “www.lisamurkwski.com” in...
Buried in a Times piece today on what they portray as an internal Democratic debate about tying Republicans to some of the more-extreme statements of their Tea Party compatriots: At the Democratic National Committee, aides already have started work...
Advocacy groups, beware: Facebook may not be as welcoming a venue for online activism as you expect: As the number of Facebook members signed up for the “Boycott Target Until They Cease Funding Anti-Gay Politics” page neared 78,000 in...
Also published on The Huffington Post and techPresident Hell of a political year so far, eh? The Tea Party Express just ran over its second establishment Republican in the past few weeks, and since Delaware’s victorious Christine...
Waiting until the last minute to get your ticket to next week’s AMP Summit? Good move, because now you get to take advantage of a super-secret Epolitics.com discount code that’ll knock 15% off the registration fee. Whoo hoo! More money...
Here’s a little something to check out if you have an ear free at 3 pm Eastern: Karen Jagoda’s Digital Politics Show will be covering late-race online fundraising and Get Out The Vote efforts with AOL’s Rena Shapiro (who I have on...
The email below went out this afternoon to the gentlemen and ladies of the political press. The sender? Michael Steel from John Boehner’s office (not, alas, Michael Steele of the RNC). The subject? A tweet. This may be another first, our...