Back From My Obama Cave

November 9, 2008

I’m recooperating after a little bit of election addiction.  It was pretty bad for a little while, but now, with no more polls to check, I’ve been working to fill the lull.  So far, it’s been filled with walks in parks (ah, air) and catching up on some needed sleep (I’ve been passing out at [...]

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I Almost Feel Guilty. Almost.

July 9, 2008

Last night, I sold my iPhone on eBay. Why?  Because the new 3G iPhone comes out on Friday. Not that it’s got features that are much different than my current one.  Really, it’s just 3G (which is actually great for me and I’ll love this), has GPS and has a bigger hard drive if you [...]

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Message and the Power to Motivate

June 10, 2008

This past weekend, the New York Times published a series called “What Went Wrong?”, which is trying to do a bit of a post-mortem on the Clinton campaign and explain, as the title suggests, what went wrong (note how the focus isn’t on what went “right” with the Obama campaign, which is actually a better [...]

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My Thoughts, Before This Gets Out of Hand

March 21, 2007

As reported by The Huffington Post, and now spreading like wildfire via the AP, MSNBC, and Newsvine, the anonymous creator of the Obama-advocating “Vote Different” ad (embedded below) has been outed. Arianna herself has revealed the creator to be now-ex BlueStateDigital staffer Phillip de Vellis. BlueStateDigital is a Democratic new media firm founded by several [...]

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Immediate Response Videos: Seeing is Believing, Drives Coverage

March 20, 2007

Based on David All’s run-through of John McCain’s new YouTube videos, I did a bit of YouTube YouChoose ‘08 skimming this morning (and signed up for updates — I am ashamed that I call myself a political media junkie and did not do this until just now), and found what I thought to be interesting: [...]

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Afternoon Links for March 19th

March 19, 2007

1. What I Learned At The Blogger Ethics Panel: DailyKos’ Adam B. shares his thoughts after he attended a conference sponsored by Campaigns & Elections magazine.  Covered in the discussion are blog trolls, and whether or not buying e-mail addresses from previous campaigns are effective.  All very interesting. 2. Towards a better Digg: TechCrunch gives [...]

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The “Grand Twitter Thought Experiment of 2007″

March 16, 2007

Sometimes, I have my reservations towards the latest and trendiest Web 2.0 activities. I’ve never understood, for instance, the Mac program Quicksilver. That’s not to say that I haven’t tried it, or that I don’t understand why some people would like it — I just don’t understand how it benefits me. I’m a visual person, [...]

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An Inconvenient Tube

March 15, 2007

My column at Club Relaford. Excerpt: Go ahead and open a new tab on your browser.  Now, head to YouTube, search for “Rudy Giuliani drag,” and enjoy the show.  What, you ask?  Is that Rudy dressed as a woman, spraying perfume on himself and allowing “The Donald’s” head in between his fake breasts?  Of course [...]

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Website Premiere: Club Relaford

March 15, 2007

One of my friends from grad school, Todd Williamson, has premiered his latest endeavour, Club Relaford.  The club “presents the lifestyle of politics,” in a sort of “George 2.0″-way. Todd has asked me to contribute to the outlet, and my first column, entitled “An Inconvenient Tube,” discusses how campaigns can not only deal with “the [...]

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SuedTube

March 12, 2007

Breaking news: Reuters has reported that Viacom Inc. will be suing Google and YouTube (GooTube, for the fellow portmanteau lovers) for the amount of ONE BILLION dollars in damages for “massive intentional copyright infringement.” Says the report: “Viacom contends that almost 160,000 unauthorized clips of its programming have been uploaded onto YouTube’s site and viewed [...]

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