Quick Hits

A quick roundup of stories related to digital politics and online advocacy.

Quick Hits — January 26, 2009

Ginormous post-Inauguration catch-up edition — fruits of a month of random browsing, obsessive clicking and a ton of Google Alerts. Obama Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages. Lots of talk about the new Whitehouse.gov: New...

Quick Hits — December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas! The turkey’s still in the oven, but these links are ready to serve. Ari Melber: Obama for America 2.0?. Plane Crash Kills GOP Internet Consultant. A cell-phone modification for on-the-spot disease detection and monitoring, via...

Quick Hits — December 21, 2008

Home for the holidays? Here’s some light reading to distract you from your “beloved” kinfolk. The Revolution of the Online Commentariat. Will bloggers eventually dominate the campaign power structure? Hmmmm, let’s hear a...

Quick Hits — December 10, 2008

Clearing the decks — the results of several weeks of random browsing. How Hulu is Like Obama, via Andrew Golisg. Dear President Obama: There are a couple of embarrassing e-mails from my past that I think you should know about. What Next for...

Quick Hits — October 28, 2008

Would-be Obama assassins met online, of course. Popular Conservative Blog Backs Alaska Democrats. The Election That Has the Whole World Blogging. Tweet Your Voting Moment. Obama Campaign Streams Closing Argument Online. Sexy Robocall Flogs...

Quick Hits — October 26, 2008

McCain Volunteer’s Claim of Attack Unravelled, Online and Off. C.f. Tweets Give Race-Baiting Hoaxster a ‘B’ for Effort Twitter’s Role in Digital Democracy. C.f. Campaigns need to listen to the Internet Media and Update:...