Monster mid-summer catch-up edition, straight from Austin, Texas. Update: Microtargeting: Myth vs. Fact? Update: Questions About McCain’s Tech Savvy Worry Bloggers on the Right. Update: Should Government Employees Blog? Vocus Webinar Explores...
In which e.politics awakens from a short summer nap. Update: Auto-replace as a political tool — with blowback. Did Google use its network of online services to silence critics of Barack Obama? Obama Network Organizes and Revolts Over Spying...
Below are resources for a little presention I like to call,
Cheap, Quick and (Sometimes) Dirty: Creating Integrated Online Campaigns Using Off-The-Shelf Parts
(Delivered at the DemocracyInAction Conference on June 26, 2008)
Perhaps the biggest-name speaker at Personal Democracy Forum this year was to be Elizabeth Edwards, blogger and wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards. Weather intervened, however, since a storm system interrupted flights and trapped her...
Quick insight from Ana Marie Cox on a media panel at Personal Democracy Forum — she brought up instant messaging as a political tool, noting that the Clinton and Obama campaigns spent a lot of time this primary season communicating with...
Cross-posted on techPresident The primaries are dead; long live the primaries! Before we plunge into the inevitable frenzy of the Fall campaign season, let’s take a few minutes to draw some conclusions about the world of online politics from...
Obama Plans National Push on Ads and Turnout. Note particularly the use of consumer data/microtargeting with email and direct mail. C.f. Obama Campaign Dispatching Thousands Obama Drops Out of Public Financing; Announces By Email/YouTube. Apparently...
Hi folks, e.politics is fixin’ to relocate to NYC for a couple of days, planning to hang out at the Personal Democracy Forum and check out the scene. Note the just-announced presidential Twitter debate — clever idea, and a well-timed...
Hey kids! Two upcoming events of note: Personal Democracy Forum is looming up a lot more quickly than I realize — it’s less than two weeks away now. I hope they have a sizeable red carpet; lots of Big Name (in our world) speakers will be...
The End of the Beginning! Mike Allen: “‘Thank you, Senator Clinton,’ says the home page of BarackObama.com, which harvests e-mail and text addresses with a form inviting: ‘Take a minute to thank her for her hard work and for...