2008 election

Well, that didn’t take long. President-Elect Barack Obama got a jump-start on fulfilling the promises made during his campaign — specifically, to employ technologies, including blogs, wikis and social networking tools, to modernize public communication and information-sharing to improve government decision-making with yesterday’s launch of…

I was cleaning out the basement last week and found a giant plastic tub full of newspapers I’ve collected over the years. With 150 pt. headlines screaming “Twin Towers Terror,” “Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy,” and “War With Iraq Imminent,” it’s a blast to page through…

A Social Media Guide to Election Day Preparedness If nothing else, the past two elections taught me one thing – no matter which side you are on, there will be an element of surprise that will fly in the face of all. You can point…

Someone messed up over at John McCain’s campaign headquarters. It appears the campaign actually quick-turned a user-generated video contest that will create authentic stories to engage the base and resonate with undecided voters. What? Really?!? You mean the same campaign that built a disappointing donation…

Yesterday, Twitter launched http://election.twitter.com/, a real-time filter of tweets concerning the election. From the site: “We’re filtering hundreds of Twitter updates per minute to create a new source for gathering public opinion about the presidential election and a new way for you to share your…

Fake Twitter accounts are not new. People set up Twitter profiles pretending to be someone they are not. Sometimes, they really want you to think it’s the person they are impersonating; sometimes they’re just trying to parody and have a laugh. You can find amusing…

By EncinoMan Now that the extended Democratic primary has (at long last) concluded its run, it seems fitting to commemorate the occasion with a walk down memory lane courtesy of a handful of imaginative YouTube videos that went viral over the past 18 months. Most…