- The Facebook Freedom Fighter: Wael Ghonim’s day job was at Google. But at night he was organizing a revolution. C.f. video of his TED presentation.
- Tech Revolutionaries: The Arab Revolt shows that Google’s and Twitter’s corporate values are better than Facebook’s. But see also Middle East Uprising: Facebook’s Secret Role in Egypt, via Alan Rosenblatt.
- Laugh, O Revolution: Humor in the Egyptian Uprising, and Preserving the Online Legacy of the Egyptian Revolution.
- What the Egyptian Revolution Taught Al Jazeera About Digital.
- Social media not so hot on the Hill.
- Newt! And Callista! Good times abound: Campaign Web Tricks and Gingrich’s Web Problem, and also note a recurring theme, the dangers of website stock photos.
- Corporations Try to Ride the Sheen Machine on Twitter as Charlie Sheen sets new Twitter record. C.f. Evangelicals take to Twitter to debate the doctrine of hell, and note the curious poetry of Charlie Sheen.
- The great Issa email scandal, or Beltway Reporters’ Garters Popping In Aftermath Of Bardella Email Flap. C.f. Back Scratching, Washington Style.
- Indiana official fired for tweets about protests.
- Not So Candid Camera: Why conservatives are having mixed luck getting video of angry, violent liberals. “The new age of protests is bringing on more self-consciousness and more détente.”
- Stuxnet as A Declaration of Cyber-War, via Alexis Madrigal.
- 2011 Most Influential Women in Tech. Friends-of-e.politics are on the list: congrats to Katrin Verclas of Mobile Active, April Pederson of Salsa Labs, and Rachna Choudhry and Marci Harris of Popvox. C.f. 25 Women-Run Startups to Watch.
- Cool interactive map of the redistricting process.
- A response to last week’s E.pol piece on politicians in the Twitterverse.
- 3 Tips for Building Personal Relationships Over Email. Rule #1: shirtless photos.
- It’s Not How You Send It, It’s What’s Inside.
- Clinton fields online questions, criticism from young Egyptians.
- Study Finds the Internet Makes Youth More Engaged Citizens. Perhaps The Kids are Our Future after all. C.f. A New ‘Toolkit’ For Opening Up Civic Life.
- @GovernorPerry blocks some media members from following his Twitter account. C.f. Happy Birthday Governor Rick Perry. Feel free to send him ten pounds of sh*t in a five-pound bag.
- Chris Cillizza lists his favorite state-level tweeters.
- Google Tweaks Algorithm to Push Down Low-Quality Sites. Death to content-thieves!
- Clicking Me Softly: A Five-Day Crash Course in Conversion (Day 1).
- Libya and the Short of It: The politics of URL shortening.
- ‘Mayor Emanuel’ tweeter revealed.
- Kenneth Cole’s unfortunate Egypt tweet.
- Arab Unrest Puts Their Lobbyists in Uneasy Spot. Please donate now to end this terrible tragedy.
- Local Office Manager Stuck in Elevator, found via Twitter. C.f. Philadelphia Police Post Criminal Footage Online, Ask Twitter to Identify Suspects.
- Clicktivism: Will We Acknowledge Its Implact?
- Obama administration joins critics of U.S. nonprofit group that oversees Internet.
- Tricks Of The Twitter Trade. A report from the David All Group.
- Best Social Media and Tech Sources: Beyond Mashable.
- Why people listen to Chris Christie, via Margot Friedman.
- Libya goes offline as nation’s servers flatline.
- Friends Without Benefits: Behind the feud between Greenpeace and Facebook over renewable energy.
- Facebook DC Live: White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. See above.
- The Brave New World of Political Information: Kate Kaye. An interview with Julie Germany.
- Oh, Awesome: Internet-Like Ad Targeting Coming to Television.
- Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software. The robots are coming!!! Via A Loyal Reader (thanks Dad).
- How To Link Online Advocacy With Fundraising.
- HOW TO: Implement a Social Good Campaign on Facebook.
- Using Social Media for Non-Profit Fundraising – charity: water’s Success.
- Senator Bingaman Reinvents the Constituent Telephone Call — Hear How They Did It.
- Two Years Later: Recovery.gov Still Sucks At Public Engagement.
- Amateur snags shuttle closing in on ISS with a cheap digital camera.
- Barack Obama’s Facebook Feed, a particularly good edition.
- And finally, a Geek/Nerd/Dork/Dweeb Venn Diagram, via Bob Truscott.
– cpd