Part One of a series Barack Obama won’t be on the ballot in November of 2010, but thousands of other candidates will — and he’ll be very much on their minds. His public image will shape the American political environment, of...
As of 4 AM today, the “Learning from Obama” e-book had been downloaded 2057 times — due of course to the work of everyone who’s linked to it, posted it, forwarded it, Twittered it or maybe even mentioned it in one of those...
Well, that little “Learning from Obama” e-book‘s been out for a little over a week now, so how’s it going? First off, thanks to everybody who’s helped spread the word — from Facebook to Gmail to the blogs...
As you might have guessed from the big, fat graphic to the right, that series of articles I did about Obama’s online campaign is finally edited into convenient e-book format, just in time for this week’s Netroots Nation panel discussion...
Whew, it’s good to have that little article series about the Obama campaign done — except that it’s not quite. I wrote those six pieces over a period of four months, and they do need a few changes before I’m completely...
Hmmm, looking more like Sunday for that final Obama piece — packaging up a design and specs for a site took more time than I expected this week. I’m doing the design, the marketing plan and the site spec, but another firm is building the...
Back in the day, my Dad’s favorite technique to get me to do something a little beyond my self-assessed abilities was to “make a deal with me.” He’d say, I’ll buy this model ship kit that you wish to possess and place...
Part Five of a six-part series Obama’s platform may have envisioned a grand reform of the political system, but the primary change he brought to political fundraising was to do more of it than anyone in history: 3 million donors made a total...
Low has the legal profession fallen — this just in from my old colleague and source for good hip hop JK, who’s currently at NYU law school: I was walking to class yesterday when I saw one of my friends carrying around your “Online...
Part Three of a six-part series With a team in place and technology under development, the Obama campaign wasted no time in building their most important resource: the list of volunteers who would work to elect the Illinois senator president. And...