Hi folks, the other day I sat down (via Skype) with the Meltwater Group‘s Kimling Lam to talk about social media and political campaigns. We talked for about half an hour, and Meltwater’s currently putting out the results as a series of...
A first morsel from Netroots NY — right after co-hosting a Twitter 101 session with Abigail Collazo, I spoke for a few minutes with TJ Walker from The Daily National: I’ll be posting a Twitter 101 cheat sheet from the training later...
Last week’s CampaignTech conference was great fun and educational all around, with good friends, good schmoozing and lots of interesting technology to learn about. One highlight: the live interviews conducted by InterCast Network, a company...
If you haven’t seen the video of the “highlights” of Rick Perry’s speech at the Cornerstone Action Awards Dinner in New Hampshire last Friday, check it out below — this copy alone has already been viewed over 800,000...
Here’s a little dramatization of a conversation that most online communicators have had in some form or another: Over at the day job, one of my colleagues tossed around the idea of using the video-creation site xtranormal for a project, so I...
Start your week off right by watching the video below, in which our own Beth Becker lays out ways social media can play into local campaigns. In the process, she makes a good point about how the need for speed implies that campaign managers trust...
Woe be unto us all if you watch this: A YouTube video of a kitten watching a YouTube video of a kitten? Duuuuuuuude, that’s meta. When the internet simply Cannot Handle This and implodes, taking The Entire Universe with it, blame Burt Edwards...
Ah, Next Media Animation, thank you for brightening our lives with your utterly inappropriate and completely bizarre depictions of the news of the day. Tiger suits rule! As do floating hot dogs. Also note Wu’s epic birth, and his apparent...
A wealth of riches for our loyal readers! Check out the second guest article of the week, this one by a new guest author — Andrew Foxwell is the director of marketing and new media for iConstituent, a company that works with Congressional...
Be inspired! And learn how social media tools helped people to overcome psychological barriers to acting against the government, to report human rights violations, to counter official messages, to collaborate and ultimately to overthrow an...