Cross-posted on techPresident For now, the nascent revolution in Iran seems to have stalled. With its leaders in hiding and the government trumpeting “confessions” from organizers and journalists, I can only imagine how Iranians hoping...
The Conclusion of a six-part series As the presidential race heated up, the internet grew from being the medium of a core group of political junkies to a gateway for millions of ordinary Americans to participate in the political process, donating...
Back in the day, my Dad’s favorite technique to get me to do something a little beyond my self-assessed abilities was to “make a deal with me.” He’d say, I’ll buy this model ship kit that you wish to possess and place...
The e.politics bunker has reverberated lately with a familiar sound, words like “&%$#,” “*&%$” and “7%$#,” often combined into phrases like this: “you &%$#ing hateful little &%#@ing...
Cross-posted on techPresident What matters at the polls? The candidate, the message, and the moment: everything else just sets the stage. You can have every endorsement in the state, tons of money in the bank, a flashy online volunteer-mobilization...
Working on a presentation for tomorrow’s Vocus user conference, I’m stuck by how often I keep coming back to a simple model for online organizing: the tripod. The basic idea (which I stole from Josh McConaha a while back) is that most...
Cross-posted on techPresident Update: Check out Henri Makembe’s related piece for a different angle on the topic. Fascinating experience a few days ago — I got to do a presentation/discussion about online fundraising with a group of...
This quote jumped out at me as I blearily scanned The Post this morning: Reihan Salam, co-author of “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save America,” said this week that the danger for Republicans is to think...
Like a grenade tossed into quiet waters, last week’s Twitter article definitely fired up a couple of folks up over on techPresident, Jon Pincus in particular. Check out the full thread at tPrez (thanks to Micah for jumping in while I was...
Cross-posted on techPresident Remember the “Twitter Revolution” in Moldova? Even as it was unfolding, the Twitter angle was being downgraded in the face of evidence that the Moldvovan protesters seemed to be using just about EVERY online...