New report: Congressional Web sites ‘disappointing’. Apparently, they’re nicely representative of the institution as well. Yet More Evidence of a Peaking Blogosphere. Ohmigod, The Hour Of Our Doom is at hand — we face a...
War breaks out in Second Life! It’s all fun and games until someone nukes a Reebok store (via Slate). The (online) violence continues as the Post goes into depth about the blogger/Tauscher war (which Hotline picked up before Christmas). New...
Fox’s Answer to The Daily Show Ends Up on YouTube. Sounds like it may be good, if you don’t expect your comedy shows to contain actual humor. Reelpopblog psychically predicts Slate review, offers own pre-evisceration. Majority of...
Guest article! Designer/consultant Heather Gardner-Madras, who’s built up quite the fan club in the progressive online community, has put together a list of things to think about when you’re hiring a designer for your next project. As...
Last week, I got reconnected with one of the first people I met when I moved to DC ten years ago, Eric Wingerter, only to find out that the poor guy has been bitten by the blogging bug. More than that, after just six weeks, his site is already...
Spotlight: Hit Back Hard. Another reminder of the need for speed in the web world. “Rapid response” means just that. Campaigns brace for Web video blitz. Online video goes local, singing “Kansas City, here I come” (“Of...
Now, 100% zombie-free! (Apparently, and sadly, zombie humor is a bit too obscure for primetime.) IPDI interviews Jeff Mascott of the Adfero Group on 2006 as a breakthrough year in politics and technology, the rise of user-generated content, and...
Maine considers restrictions on text messaging between lawmakers and lobbyists, no doubt in an effort to save the poor lobbyists’ thumbs. Anti-Blog Hysteria In The State Capitols. Bloggers apparently hunger for human brains (mmmmmm, delicious...
Heather Greenfield called a couple of weeks ago when she was working on this article, and National Journal’s Technology Daily has kindly given permission for me to reprint it. YouTube Boom May Mean New Jobs On Campaigns by Heather Greenfield...
My-head-is-still-on-the-slopes catch-up edition. Drudge, global warming shut down Senate site. Website fall down, go boom. A new online Capitol Hill news site launches, and Wonkette sneers sneeringly. Your PCs forecast climate future. Distributed...