Spotlight: Hit Back Hard. Another reminder of the need for speed in the web world. “Rapid response” means just that. Campaigns brace for Web video blitz. Online video goes local, singing “Kansas City, here I come” (“Of...
Now, 100% zombie-free! (Apparently, and sadly, zombie humor is a bit too obscure for primetime.) IPDI interviews Jeff Mascott of the Adfero Group on 2006 as a breakthrough year in politics and technology, the rise of user-generated content, and...
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...
DeadElephant.ORG Campaign Manager Jeff Goldsmith wrote up a great application earlier today on an email discussion list and kindly gave permission for me to reprint his message. He talks about an interesting way to integrate online and offline...
Heather Greenfield called a couple of weeks ago when she was working on this article, and National Journal’s Technology Daily has kindly given permission for me to reprint it. YouTube Boom May Mean New Jobs On Campaigns by Heather Greenfield...
Checking my server stats today, I found a slew of referrals from searches for some combination of “Convio” and “GetActive” — close to two dozen, with most coming from Google but several from Technorati, the blog search...
Mike Connery of The Opportunity Agenda writes in to talk about an excellent use of mapping and data by an advocacy campaign he’s involved in: It’s a Google Maps Mashup displaying hospital closures in NYC in 1985, 1995, and 2005 layered...
At least, according to this little online quiz. Should I be concerned that Catwoman is the third-closest match for my personality, behind Spidey and the Green Lantern and a full step ahead of Iron Man? And me a Sabbath fan since I was 16. Happy New...
How-to site edition. Hiding in Plain Sight. Democracy In Action’s Jason Z. talks about the extent to which readers skim and filter our information — complete with a groovy eyeball route map over a typical newsletter. Link Building...