Some quick highlights from the candidates’ strategies to leverage the debates to build their supporter bases, connect with voters and foster online community: Kucinich wins for best use of his own video clip: Text “P-E-A-C-E.” SMS...
So, as promised, I missed the first presentation of tonight’s debate, but with all of the live-blogging going on, I feel like I might just could skip the rebroadcast of the real thing (only kidding, but man, a Tivo would kick ass right now)...
Hey kids! Getting things back in order after spending the last few days doing very little that resembled work the gig went fine, the tubing trip was awesome and the mountain biking kicked ass, thanks for asking. A few articles popped over the...
Cross-posted on techPresident. Hi, I’d like to ask all of our Republican colleagues to go to the bathroom or go watch tv or something. Um, yeah, just kidding, but here’s why: I’m going to be talking about a damned interesting...
Last night, Patrick Ruffini published an article on his own site and on techPresident that everybody writing about online politics should consider though much in the online political world that gets public attention is shiny and pretty...
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...
Cross-posted on techPresident. Toward the end of last week, the John Edwards campaign pulled off a bit of a technological coup they got around the inherent limits of raising money via cell phone text message. But here’s the rub: the...
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...