Paper is my nemesis — it lives in poorly organized stacks on too many horizontal surfaces in my life. Much as I hate how it smothers the desk, paper is still an offline tool that marketers shouldn’t ignore, even in a digital era. For...
Getting back to writing has been the most difficult part of recovering from the holidays — it’s felt a little like the HAL shut-down sequence from 2001 in reverse, only slower and requiring more caffeine. Design work started first, since...
Last article from the GW media school post-election panel discussion, I promise. We’ve already heard from Joe Rospars on the Obama campaign’s use of online video, along with NBC’s Chuck Todd on the future of corporate journalism...
Most coverage of Barack Obama’s online campaign has focused on its scale (13 million email addresses!), the amount of money raised and its use of social networking sites, including the public sites like MySpace/Facebook and the “walled...
If your skies were clear and you happened to look southeast Monday evening soon after sunset, here’s what you might have seen: The bright crescent is the Moon, the brighter “star” is Venus and the dimmer dot is Jupiter, here in a...
Check out PalinAsPresident.com, a great use of Flash to present a satirical view of Sarah Palin occupying the Oval Office — make sure your sound is on and just start mousing over things. Note that patient exploration will be rewarded...
Seen yesterday in the window at Skynear and Company in Adams Morgan: Mmmmmmmmmmm satire, my favorite! And quick turnaround time, too. But wait, there’s more — a third panel in the series is waiting for you at the corner of 18th and...
Slate’s “Map the Candidates” has been around since the primaries, but it’s still a great example of a simple idea that’s nonetheless revealing — just a straightforward Google Maps interface that lets you see where...
Want to see how rapid response works in a modern political setting? Take a look at this front-page article in today’s Post, because the Obama campaign’s reply to John McCain’s inability to remember how many houses he owns is a...
Paris Hilton and “genius” are rarely seen in the same sentence, but here they are. You may have heard of the video below, but you really oughta check it out for yourself: See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on...