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...
The Post continues its excellent coverage of internation e-politics today with an article on activists’ use of cell phones and the web to organize protests against a proposed chemical factory in China. Local authorities squelched mainstream...
You might have missed it, since the article was in the Style section instead of among the political news, but Philip Kennicott wrote in Tuesday’s Washington Post about a fascinating Radio Free Europe report on the Iraqi Sunni...
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...
The Shock of the New. What the history of the electric dynamo teaches about the future of the computer (we ain’t seen nothin’ yet). Related idea: It’s the Use, Not the Tech. Return of the Live Commercial. Another attempt to outwit...