In this issue, a post-#shutdown version of The Good, The Bad and the Stinky. From the Start, Signs of Trouble at Health Portal. Oof: The Obamacare Website Could Stay Broken for a While as Quixotic Queries Question Quality! (At healthcare.gov, the...
A fascinating online ad popped up for me* for the first time this weekend: the “Fast Terry” piece to the right. At first I thought it was produced by Republican Ken Cuccinelli’s campaign, since it takes on Democrat Terry McAuliffe...
A little more politics and a little less digital than usual this week, but a ton of good reading nonetheless. Enjoy. Healthcare.Gov’s Flaws Found, Fixes Eyed: Site’s Design Opened Door to Bottleneck That Persists. Architecture problems...
Howdy folks, I’ll be spending most of Wednesday and Thursday this week at Salsa’s 2013 Community Conference, where this afternoon I’m participating in a panel discussion we’re calling: “Getting Them to Come to You:...
Click image for full-sized version. If you went to the front page of the WashingtonPost.com on Tuesday, you might have seen something like the screenshot to the right: note the broad expanses of red, a color that just happens to raise human blood...
Now published on Fridays — the best damn digital politics and advocacy reading list around. Send article suggestions to cpd@epolitics.com. The Shutdown’s Data Blackout, as Federal Twitter accounts go dark. Democrats Mull Divulging Emails...
Just a few hours to go until the government shuts down! While some folks may be turning to random Craigslist hookups to pass their time at home, the political world has money on its mind, rather than sex. Much of the coverage of the defund-Obamacare...
[Man, these got out of hand! But now that the extensive queue is empty, let’s start running Quick Hits weekly. Look for them on Fridays from here on out…as always, Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise.] The Militant Group...
Remember those creative advocacy campaigns we talked about last week? A couple of them illustrated a dirty little secret to Facebook success: if you want to get your content widely shared, and you have an email list, send out a message asking people...
Here’s a small example of why pushing the “send” button on a mass email is the scariest thing in the digital politics communications world: Yes, the message template had a little snippet of default text at the top, and whoever...