Cross-posted on techPresident First fruits of Netroots Nation — this morning, Chris Hughes and friend-of-e.politics (and new Obama campaign employee) Judith Freeman led an overview of how the nominee-to-be’s campaign has used social...
Okay, I’m guilty: the first thing I did when I saw the New Yorker Obama-in-the-White House cover was laugh — I’m a sucker for satire, and that sucker is spot-on. If the target was to parody the crazy-forwarded-email-meets-Fox News...
Yes, as threatened, e.politics is making its first foray into the Exciting World Of Online Video. Step One, create a YouTube channel, shoot a video and post it (Step Two will be more involved — inspired by the world of cable news, it’ll...
Finally! After a few weeks of hair-pulling and the banging of heads on desks, the new TRCP.org is launched. We’re still adding some content, details and features, but the basic structure’s in place, and e.politics can finally break the...
Hey kids, it may look like we’ve been on vacation the past few days, but in reality it’s been non-stop action down here in the e.politics bunker. A client site is due tomorrow, and the process of getting that sucker built and running has...
Another resource page! This one’s for a New Organizing Institute training session for future campaign staff, activists and organizers. The topic: online video. The emphasis: blowing audiences away. The takeaway: video can be fun for you, me...
Several conversations over the past few days have kept coming back to the same point: in the online world, things that seem cheap often aren’t, and things that seem expensive may actually be the cheaper alternative. For instance, Eric Rardin...
We’re fixin’ to find out — as of this weekend, e.politics has entered the video world (or, at least we will have as soon as the camera arrives). I’m starting with a little-bitty Mino, Flip Video’s new, even-smaller...
DC hosted blog royalty last week, as A-list tech blogger Robert Scoble came to town to meet with folks in the political world. Of course, it was an excellent excuse for a party, and a solid mix of tech nerds and online politicos showed up at classic...
In which e.politics awakens from a short summer nap. Update: Auto-replace as a political tool — with blowback. Did Google use its network of online services to silence critics of Barack Obama? Obama Network Organizes and Revolts Over Spying...