At one of this year’s many data-focused Netroots Nation panels, former Obama data guru Ethan Roeder noted something about the effective use of voter-targeting technologies: that’s it’s less about the data itself, and more about...
A wonderful experience as always — I learned a ton, met great people and had fantastic times with folks I love. Thank you. BTW, here’s a little something I left behind for a few friends to wear: No I’m not the model; Amy sported it...
Albert will be very sad if you don’t “Like” this article At Netroots Nation this week, Brandon Silverman of CrowdTangle (a new social media monitoring tool) noted something interesting: people are much more likely to respond to...
Greetings from Netroots Nation! Yes, this week we get to whoop it up with a coupla thousand digitally oriented liberals, meeting folks and learning tons in the process. For an overview, check out the @epolitics twitter feed — I’ve been...
Hi folks, conference season is sprinting right along, with a few events still on the calendar before the midsummer lull. Tomorrow, for instance, I’ll be part of a 9 AM (ouch) discussion at C&E magazine’s annual “Art of...
With the protests in Turkey seeming set to continue despite Sunday’s clearing of Gezi Park (major trade unions have called for a strike on Monday), let’s look at a trend that a new friend (a Turkish national) pointed out a few days back...
Time for our first beach-reading recommendation of the summer! One great pleasure of last month’s “Data-Crunched Democracy” conference was the chance to hang out with Daniel Kreiss, who’s written a must-read book on...
The latest news from the state of Massachusetts apparently shows a tightening race to replace John Kerry in the Senate. The White House is certainly acting like they believe it’s a real trend: they’re sending surrogates and working to...
Quick Hits returns, well rested and ready to rock. Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page Slam ‘Outrageous’ PRISM Reports, C’mon folks — THEY get to use our data for their own purposes. White House, House GOP trade three-word barbs over...
Howdy folks, I’m currently sitting in a hotel room in lovely Bucharest, Romania, tinkering with a presentation slide deck for the umpteenth time (they’re never done). Conference season is clearly in full force, and this week I’m...