Inside the lobbying industry’s evolution. From hunter-gatherer to information-age filter/aggregator — a fascinating framework for analysis. Ron Paul: All the Rage in Paris. Liberté-rians? The Danger of Using YouTube Views as a Metric...
Hi y’all, e.politics is back on the case after a long summer weekend full of exciting adventures and interesting moral lapses — hope you didn’t miss us too much. Let’s catch up real quick with what’s been going on while...
It’s too damn hot to write anything substantive. DARPA Chief: Titanium is the Next Internet. What’s next, after the networked battlefield? Internet Vote-Swapping Legal, Says 9th Circuit. Naderites, unite! Beautiful blogad. Henry Copeland...
Quick Hits returns! Back from summer vacation, tan, rested and ready to… Cyberactivists Are a Must-See for Candidates. Yearly Kos preview. Note: don’t expect to run into Bill O’Reilly there. Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for...
Late addition: Community Counts: Real Participation in the Debates. People are stepping up and fixing the problems with YouTube’s debate video process. Why MySpace is for freaks and Facebook is for preps. I KNEW I felt out of place on...
See below for today’s non-presidential Quick Hits. Late addition! RNC snags Yahoo! exec for Web operation. Philip de Vellis has an analysis at techPresident. Christmas With the Romneys: The irresistible creepiness of Mitt’s new home...
When Quick Hits Attack! So much is going on this week that I’m splitting Quick Hits into a Presidential Edition and everything else: Where Have All The E-Mails Gone? It’s all fun and games until someone gets subpeoned. Hackers in...
11 Web Technologies Political Campaigns Should Consider. Virtual napalm not on list, tragically. More Blog Woes For John Edwards. Great idea! Let’s attack those bloggers. You know, the guys with free printing presses and unlimited ink. Are the...
The Shock of the New. What the history of the electric dynamo teaches about the future of the computer (we ain’t seen nothin’ yet). Related idea: It’s the Use, Not the Tech. Return of the Live Commercial. Another attempt to outwit...
What Kills a Social Media Campaign. Case studies of bitter failure. Amateur charge infuriates blogosphere. “Millions and millions of exuberant monkeys … are creating an endless digital forest of mediocrity” (e.politics is proud to...