Wired’s Sarah Lai Stirland picked up on a revealing micro-scandal a couple of days ago: Obama supporter Lawrence Lessig has been getting beaten up on Redstate.com and Rush Limbaugh’s radio show over a video he’s used as a mashup...
Cross-posted on techPresident As the Democratic primary process grinds on, the candidates’ supporters are using just about every electronic tool available to swing the race their way. Two cases in point from the Obama side: super.del.egates.us...
Here’s a wild one, courtesy of Wired’s Danger Room: what happens when an aerial drone from Georgia (the one in the Eastern Hemisphere) runs afoul of the Russion air force? Observations: 1) the Georgians have unmanned aerial vehicles...
Espionage Against Pro-Tibet Groups, Others, Spurred Microsoft Patches. New Freedom, and Peril, in Online Criticism of China. In every measure, Obama clobbers Clinton online. Also, Barack Obama Takes Lion’s Share of Online Video Viewerships...
In her presentation this morning, Morra Aarons-Mele made an excellent observation: internet staffers for political campaigns are expected to do everything and to know everything. The same is true in the advocacy world: when I was at the former...
Along with Dennis Johnson, Karen Jagoda and Morra Aarons-Mele, I had the pleasure of giving a presentation this morning on congressional and local online campaigns for the assembled journalists at the Knight Digital Media Center’s symposium...
Vikki Porter passed along an article today from Rob Garner at Media Post’s Search Insider which details the results of the company’s recent research into political search trends in the ’08 elections. Below are some high points;...
If you want to keep up with the county-by-county numbers from the Pennsylvania primary, the Times has you covered — they’re updating their online map as information comes in. It’s a nice Flash application that pops up the...
The Times is reporting heavy turnout across Pennsylvania so far, as has been widely predicted: Election officials were reporting extremely heavy voter activity in many of the state’s 67 counties throughout the morning, starting with long lines...
While you’re waiting for the verdict of the good people of Pennsylvania today, why not check out the beneficial effects of a Googlebomb for a candidate? Go ahead, type “Barack Obama Muslim” or “Obama religion Muslim”...