- 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 Tivo users.
- SEO Pros Sip Web 2.0 Kool-Aid
- Does Sex Still Sell in B-to-B Marketing? Surprisingly, not always.
- Who’s With Fred? A Look At Thompson’s Web Team.
- Hits and Misses on YouTube
- Democratic Presidential Candidate Expenditures. Obama’s spending the most online, by far. Via techPres.
- And here’s one place the $$$ is going: Obama Parlays Internet Strength into ‘Walk for Change’. A nice offline-online conversion story.
- Google Gives Advertisers More Control. Via Bivings.
- Authenticity in Blog Comments and Product Reviews. Sincerity, baby — if you fake that, you got it made.
- Does Online Engagement Lead to More Money? Future cloudy; ask again later.
- Candidates Will Have to Take Questions Submitted Via the Video-Sharing Site. The Rabble Speaks! Another techPres find.
- A couple of Beltway Blogroll pieces: How Blogs Shaped The Immigration Debate, and Ky. Prosecutors Investigate Republican Blogger (uh, oh…).
- You, Too, Can Be a Senator from Wyoming — just fill out this handy web form…
- Note: science background strongly discouraged, since Most Republicans Doubt Theory of Evolution.
- PBS News Hour Looks at Online Campaigning. Via the prolific David All.
- Political Watchdog Follows the Money Online. The green-eyeshade brigade is on the march.
- Chinese virtual world to focus on business, not politics. Ancient Chinese secret = pervasive censorship, self- or otherwise.
- Surprisingly, Pre-Roll Video Ads Work. Hmmmm, longer is also apparently better. Jokes “appropriate” to this moment are left as an exercise for the reader.
– cpd