Cross-posted on techPresident. Toward the end of last week, the John Edwards campaign pulled off a bit of a technological coup — they got around the inherent limits of raising money via cell phone text message. But here’s the rub: the...
In addition to launching a public policy blog, Google is also staffing up its Washington lobbying operation, according to Frank Davies at the San Jose Mercury News. The company is focusing on defending its actions in China, using the regulatory...
Damn, things move fast on the Interweb — yesterday’s “Crush on Obama” sound/video sensation is already available for download to your phone at RingTones08. Though it’s not my favorite clip on the site — check out...
E.politics passed a significant milestone this weekend, but it’s not one that I’m likely to celebrate: the site received its 100,000th spam comment. As of late January, six months after e.politics launched, only 20,000 fake comments had...
Meet the OPOs (Online Political Operatives). A bit of a puff piece, but it does give an overview of who’s working for whom and how they fit into campaign structures. Bivings on Bidding for President(ial Google ads): The Democrats and The...
Welcome to the neighborhood, Politico! “In its early days the Politico is demonstrating the same coziness with power and pack reporting mentality that’s sadly been the hallmark of old media.” Huffington journalism professor = mass...
YouTube creates channel for candidates’ video. It’s just a catch-all for existing pieces, but it does make comparisons easy. And it’s gotten lots of online attention. John McCain on YouTube and CHBN.com. Video commentary by...
Brian Fitzgerald of Greenpeace has written up a couple of ways his organization is using RSS and has allowed me to reprint his description here for e.politics groupies. Besides straightforward applications such as content distribution across a...
Earlier today, I had a question about cheap/free email list management options, so I asked a big group of progressive web folks which applications they’d recommend. The results were impressively broad, and I’ve gathered them up in one...
For a more recent take on the topic of cell phones and politics, see the relevant Online Politics 101 chapter. January’s Mobile Monday meeting in D.C. featured a fascinating presentation on Republican employment of cell phones and SMS text...