Quick Hits: back from a late-summer vacation and ready to rumble.
- 2014 could be a $4 Billion Election. Meanwhile, Will field organizing yield Dems 1-2 points in close Senate races? Also note the Democratic money advantage, in part due to online fundraising. But can these offset a bad map and an unpopular president?
- Personal Contact Helps Mobilize Low-participation Populations to Vote. Confirmation of part of the rationale for field organizing.
- Whatever America Does, Arabic Twitter Will Hate It.
- Net neutrality opponents are taking a page out of their rivals’ grassroots playbook.
- Oh Good, Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Our Phone Calls.
- You Should Have a Say in Your Robot Car’s Code of Ethics.
- Why Twitter Should not Algorithmically Curate the Timeline, and Why Twitter’s users are in open revolt.
- Leaks of nude celebrity photos raise concerns about security of the cloud, as Celebs voice outrage on Twitter. Meanwhile, More about 4chan.
- The emptiness of hashtag feminism?
- Democratic Tech Gathering Hypes Party’s Data Unification Goal; GOP Claims Fostering Tech Competition Will Help Win Elections. More on the recent NGP VAN announcement.
- Occupy Movement Launches Online TV Channel, Tea Party Attacks. C.f. Occupy Television Vows to Keep Flailing Movement Alive.
- Why social media won’t transform our politics.
- Caught on Tape: What Mitch McConnell Complained About to a Roomful of Billionaires.
- How Social Media Suppress Public Affairs Discourse. C.f. Social media’s noise creates political ‘spiral of silence’.
- In Defense of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. C.f. The Big Data Behind the Big Chill of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
- Mobile Fundraising: Why aren’t we there yet? But, How the iPhone could change the world of mobile payments. Political donations next?
- Crowdfunding: From Threat to Friend.
- What ‘Humans of New York’ Can Teach You About End of Year Fundraising.
- Email Engagement: Playing The Long Game.
- 6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Hitting “Post” or “Tweet”.
- Best Times to Post on Social Media.
- Are Nonprofits Staffing Tech Right?
- Leverage These Four Aspects of the Millennial Mindset for Grassroots Success, and 5 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Reach Millennials.
- Hyperlapse, Instagram’s New App, Is Like a $15,000 Video Setup in Your Hand.
- Will robots do all media-buying soon?. It’s starting to look that way, though media brands are pushing back. C.f. Video Programmatic Advertising: More Risky Than You Think?
- Media Slams App For Being Racist, But Facts Say Otherwise About SketchFactor.
- British Embassy apologizes for tweet commemorating the burning of the White House (but not for the actual burning of the White House).
- And finally, Maybe Don’t Use Siri to Help You Hide a Body.
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– cpd