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Despite being pursued by a pack of starved and rabid wild dogs, our tireless blogger Gonzo was able to crash Day 3 of SXSW and bring back these illicit insights: 2009 Iran Election: Women’s Revolution or Twitter Revolution? The panel was moderated by Shireen Mitchell…

Are you looking to build relationships with individuals in government or government-related industries (like contractors, academia, etc)? Or, just play virtual voyeur? Well then look no further than the GovTwit directory. Of course, just because somebody’s name is attached (like House Minority Leader John Boehner)…

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…

An interesting use of a Web-based analysis tool, the word cloud (also called a Tag cloud or label cloud). Here’s how it works: a document or Web page is scanned and significant words are pulled out and assigned relative weights based on their frequency of…

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…

Due to arguably ironic reasons beyond our control, we may no longer use “All the News That’s Unfit to Print” (nor the funny font for Your New Times) for this eNewsletter. In the true spirit of social media, we are crowd-sourcing a solution. Please cast…

If you don’t pay close attention to politics or frequent social media sites, chances are you don’t know much about Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Yet in the last quarter of 2007 he raised almost as much money as Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Paul, a…