Cross-posted on techPresident As reported on TPM Cafe yesterday, the Obama transition team has named its first online communications staff: Macon Phillips, formerly of Blue State Digital and the Obama campaign, will head new media, and Jesse Lee...
Well, David Almacy and I may only have managed to get on the air for a couple of minutes on election night, plus a few more live on the web (REAL news kept happening and bumping us out of the queue), but we WERE a part of Fox 5’s crack...
Ninety years ago today, my father’s father was an American infantryman in France, and I wonder if he actually heard the sound: for four years, the artillery of both sides had belched shells non-stop, battering away at the siege lines dug into...
Back from post-election mental vacation, if not exactly willingly. Big-picture pieces: How Obama won and How He Did It, both via PoliticalWire. Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic. What a difference five years makes, if you use it right...
Cross-posted on techPresident Barack Obama elected president in 2008? Inconceivable without the internet — and that’s not just a web-guy’s brag. Sarah Lai Stirland has already wrapped up online technology’s critical role in...
A new country. Not too shabby.
– cpd
Divided by topic and updated throughout the evening. I’ll also be on Fox5’s live election coverage tonight and on Twitter. Update: easy link to the Fox5 live web stream. Election Coverage Update: The Next President’s First Text...
The rumors are true: I’m cheating on the internet. Here’s the scoop — along with my friend David Almacy, I’ll be on the Washington-area Fox affiliate’s live election coverage tonight, both online and on the air (Fox5...
Forget Obama and McCain; this time, let’s vote for a REAL leader: C’mon, who can forget his brilliant command at the Battle of Endor to focus all fire on that Super Star Destroyer? If he can beat the entire Imperial fleet with just a...
As you’re voting on Tuesday, don’t forget to post your experience at the Twitter Vote Report — the folks behind it, include many of the techPresident crew along with some great organizations, have put together a site to collect...