- Bipartisanship as a political weapon, and the Republican counter-“strategy.”
- The eternal role of the personal in politics.
- At Obama’s first prime-time press conference, a blogger gets a nod, while Biden’s Office Holds Stimulus Call with Progressive Bloggers.
- Winning panels for 2009 Politics Online Conference.
- Top Tweets from the GOP Tech Summit, plus The RNC Tech Summit — Some Thoughts and GOP Tech Revival Earns Some “Amens.”
- Facebook: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit, plus Facebook: all your content are belong to us. FOREVER! Protests ensue. In response, Zuckerberg On Who Owns User Data On Facebook: It’s Complicated.
- NBA Streams Live with Facebook, Obama To Appear?
- The secrets of Obama’s success.
- I Have a Blog Crush on the White House, via @veronicaeye.
- Five Ways the Pickens Plan is Using Social Networking to Build Public Support. C.f. Obama’s Not the Only One Who Gets Social Media.
- Gingrich Eager for a Twitter Review Course, while others are Following @dipnote: Hillary Clinton Steps Out.
- Rebuild the [Republican] Party: Hard [Social Media] Metrics for Campaigns and State Parties.
- Ocean.gov — A Modest Proposal.
- MoveOn v. Corporate CEOs, while MoveOn’s Eli Pariser-replacement answers critics online (via tPrez).
- Bev Godwin: A Great Appointment.
- Bloggers as Partisan Activists.
- The Michael Phelps [bong-hit] saga is a classic example of our addiction to feigned outrage. C.f. Whitehouse.gov does not mention the words “marijuana” or “drug policy.”
- Mining The Thought Stream.
- “In 2004, a giant flare from another soft-gamma-ray repeater was so intense it measurably affected Earth’s upper atmosphere from 50,000 light-years away.”
- Old News Brings Fresh Outrage: Reprints of 1930s Nazi Articles Rile German Censors.
- A case that threatens the right of Web sites to link freely.
- Government Web Sites Grapple with YouTube.
- How To Speak Obama: Zadie Smith’s two cents on how 44 mesmerizes.
- The evolutionary roots of Facebook’s “25 Things” craze.
- T-Shirt Hell Staying in Business After ‘Stimulus’ Stunt Pays Off.
- McCaskill Gets It (on Twitter): Authenticity Matters.
- [Emailed, Video] Response to Liberal Groups’ Ad Causes Uproar.
- The G.O.P.’s “Funny” Valentine E-cards.
- Organizing Nationally to Make a Difference Locally. C.f. Dear Facebook Friend, Have a Condom.
- What Was I Thinking? Porn-Star Boyfriend. See above.
- New administration Web sites appear to be “shovel ready.”
- Open It Up — How to Engage Your Base Behind the Scenes.
- Social media “expert” evaluations.
- Recession Obsession — What Does The Future Hold For Online Fundraising?
- Bloggers as Partisan Activists.
- Did blogs make American politics uglier? See the second and third pages (though the whole interview’s well worth reading).
- Top Five Web2.0 Applications that Conservatives Need.
- Pew: 11% of Americans Read or Post Status Updates. C.f. To desire Twitter is the root of suffering.
- Award Winning Social Media Strategies.
- House GOP Overhauls Web Presence.
- e-Politics — The Australian Experience.
- Maryland General Assembly Will Lift Facebook Ban, via TechRepublican.
- The secret of Twitter [success] revealed.
- The White House is Liveblogging.
- Latest Celebrity Rant: Conan Goes Off on Boron.
– cpd