I’ve-been-out-sick, gotta-catch-up-fast, quick-hits-on-steroids edition (no drug-testing in the blog world, thank god.) The guy behind the Hillary Clinton/1984 parody ad, initially anonymous, is outed as a Blue State Digital employee (oops)...
On March 16th, I moderated a Politics Online panel covering online tactics for campaigns with limited resources. Below are background materials, starting with a drive-by look at the pluses and minuses of some typically low-cost tools, continuing...
The random byproducts of three very busy days online. Not all entirely on topic, but easily digestible nonetheless. Time reporter credits blogosphere for keeping Federal prosecutor story alive in the face of mainstream media indifference. “And...
Last week’s NOI online advocacy training turned out to be a real hoot and quite informative to boot. Our little Wired/Tired/Expired exercise was a hit, with participants dividing into groups to come up with their own WTE matrices for common...
DNC Launches Vote Builder. A lefty version of the voter vault? Definitely needed. And it comes as the Right tries to build its own Netroots equivalent. Two greatly contrasting takes on the power of young political activists: they’re getting...
YouTube creates channel for candidates’ video. It’s just a catch-all for existing pieces, but it does make comparisons easy. And it’s gotten lots of online attention. John McCain on YouTube and CHBN.com. Video commentary by...
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...